I’ve been saying for years that anti-virus is no longer effective and that a good security posture needs to include application white listing. Here’s a cool quote from George Kurtz, chief technology officer for McAfee:
“You can’t just rely on antivirus software – and we’re an antivirus company. And firewalls alone don’t provide adequate protection,” he said.
Antivirus, firewalls and intrusion detection are a start. But “white listing” offers a stronger defense. That is, essentially locking computers down so that only trusted programs are allowed to run. Nothing can be changed or added or updated, except by a system administrator.
McAfee believes “that’s where the future is going,” Kurtz said.
Fashionably late to the party, but I’ll take it. 
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