[brasmasus]

Clarification: by my saying "10-15% protection" I mean I'm guessing that 85-90% of the time my clients' machines come across badware in the wild, their AV misses it and they are compromised. Not a hard number, but my impression over the last year.

> "Ultimately, what this article and your comment insinuate is that you can uninstall antivirus and be "just as safe." That is not true..."

Agreed, but at the same time it's hard to recommend paid AV solutions that don't really work for what people perceive as 'a virus'. What I've come to do is:

* de-emphasize the importance of AV to my clients; tell them it may help but don't count on it

* recommend running the free AV of their choice

* emphasize the importance of updates

* emphasize Chrome + 'Click to run' as the primary protection approach: http://www.pcstrikeforce.com/taking-chrome-security-next-lev...

> "I'm all for getting rid of shoddy blacklisting, but we need a replacement, such as innovations in OS security models (a la Chromium OS.)"

right on