ABSTRACT
The time between a virus first being sighted and the
release of an antivirus vendor’s update that identifies the
virus is commonly referred to as the window of opportunity
for the given threat. Reviewing available data on the Internet
still shows that while a handful of vendors are able to detect
malicious programs and code without dependence on the
explicit identification of the threat in a product update, some
current-day antivirus vendors are still struggling to keep up
with product updates in the face of ever faster and more
malicious threats leaving users exposed to a window of
opportunity that is simply unacceptable.
