Kaspersky pop-up informed me today I have two more days before it would expire. I got thinking, this is some sort of blackmail, something malicious. Why would there be new viruses all the time so as to make it necessary to update the antivirus software all the time? And how come the antichr--ooops--antivirus companies snap up new viruses really quick, prepare the antivirus on the fly? It is quite possible this group of seemingly do-good guys may also be writing some of the virus code. I guess I am not the first to figure this out.
The move by Microsoft to provide 'lifelong' protection to its customers having legitimate copies is all we need to have antivirus bubble burst. Even if they were to be contracted by Microsoft and other OS developers, they wouldn't be selling nearly that many licences as they are doing now. And I can see this coming real soon, the antivirus folk better looking for something else to do.
There are also ways to sidestep antivirusists: running linux and its family is one. Working offline is another. Installing older versions e.g. Windows-98 is yet another - newer viruses are not backward-compatible, they would be thrown into confusion when they find themselves attempting to rough up the older OS.
Let us give them some break, though. Antivirus companies have also assumed a role of educating mankind about the many hoaxes circulating in the internet; and they have been equipped to detect adware.
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