You have to love a study run by a vendor where the results clearly demonstrate a problem that very vendor solves. What a pleasant surprise!

Sarcasm aside, Damballa concluded that anti-virus misses a whole bunch of malware. We've seen this conclusion before. Their opinion is that they can protect you from your own compromised machines with their product.

When I read about these sorts of reactive technologies, I have a mixed response. Responding to the fire *is* important, but preventing the fire is always more important. I'm surprised that the industry continues to come up with new reactive technologies.