J Kesavardhanan took to computers and software 13 years ago. Eleventh standard became history, and software won yet an other die-hard convert. Soon, despite the lack of educational credentials, he became the head of software of softrack from a free-lancer. In 1991, he started K7 Computing with K S Balasubramanian, and came out with an anti-virus package, Vx2000, and a reputation for being one of India s best virus busters. The DQ Week Madras, Kesavardhanan busts a few myths about anti-virus packages.
Viruses are man-made programs to corrupt software packages.
And they are getting even more complex. As technology advances, more advanced safe guards have to be devised. Over the past two years, these viruses, which had stuck only to binary and exe files, have now spread to data files also. Though a number of companies claim that their packages guarantee 100 percent virus detection, that would not be really true. At an average, even the best anti-virus package would be able to detect around 8,000 of the irritants.