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Vunerability-Discovery-Patch-AV lifecycle

"The anitvirus software should have been updated enough to catch that virus prior, even my father who knows nothing about PC's knows that much."

You may notice no "Exploit" within the life-cycle.

That is because between the vunerability being born, i.e., the software being released or pre-released, and the discovery by the vendor, there is room for exploits.

Between discovery and patching by vendor, there is room for exploits.

There can be no Anti-Virus solution until there is an exploit.

That being said, there are times that an exploit hits prior to an AV update being available. I should know. One of our servers was the first recorded hit recently of a new strain of a previously known virus.

We were patched. We were updated. We were ready. We were hit. We were thanked for our corporation with Symantec to provide all the files and details necessary to help them release a timely update. We thanked Symantec for helping us get rid of the virus and protect our other servers and client systems.

exploits always precede the av update and can easily precede a patch and is not impossible to precede software vendor discovery of vunerabilities.

Posted by: The King's Servant   Posted on: 07/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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