"Anti-virus products on the market provide zero protection against new, unreported computer viruses and take weeks to update their signatures to handle such security threats, according to an eye-opening new report from Imperva.
The data center security solution provider called the more than 40 anti-virus software products it tracked for a recent study "woefully inadequate" at protecting IT assets from 82 newly created viruses that company researchers unleashed on them.
Imperva also reported that it took "up to a month or longer" for three-fourths of anti-virus solutions to add those viruses to their signature lists and begin protecting against them.
Consumers and businesses spending big money on such products are only getting an "illusion of security" in return, the company said in its most recent Hacker Intelligence report, which details the findings."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412859,00.aspif you still need windows and can use a free av, this is another thumbs up to use it
