Ted Julian, Forrester Research's security analyst, thinks security companies make a big mistake in hyping security threats. Most security companies have figured that out a long time ago. Symantec and Trend Micro, two other top-tier antivirus vendors, said they haven't seen the problem among their customers. Rob Rosenberger, who runs Computer Virus Myths Web site, is a skeptic about most virus threats. To call it a world threat or other hyperbole, we have seen that for a decade.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
But Larry Dietz, security analyst at Current Analysis, takes the threat seriously. We have to make the leap of faith that attackers are as good as a certified NT administrator. Balderston agrees but says he's surprised that so few new antivirus attacks have emerged lately. In a year or two, there will be stuff out there that makes this look relatively tame. For anybody to think there's going to be a stasis in malicious code, that is a fool's vision.