i couldn't agree more

I've written a whole posting in response to some of the comments in this article, as I had too much to say to capture in a simple comment. To read the posting go to:
http://havemacwillblog.com/2008/03/30/why-is-it-that-many-av-vendors-simply-dont-get-it/

The REAL issue is Admin by default. Mac’s and Linux (typically) do not require AV, because of the best practice of Least Privilege. There are naturally other factors, however, “windows is the most popular” isn’t in my opinion a valid argument, windows is the easiest target because of poor design.
http://richrumble.blogspot.com/2006/08/anti-admin-vs-anti-virus.html

I’ll write more on the blog soon, but the real flaw comes from windows, and the best defense is to lower privileges, and then put AV or white-list cludge’s on top of that. Windows 8 with any luck will learn from it’s previous mistakes, Vista … ehh nice try, but people still run as admin or at least ignore alerts and click OK to everything.
-rich

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