[LINK] 'CloudAV' next-gen antivirus

Stilgherrian stil at stilgherrian.com
Sun Aug 10 18:15:43 AEST 2008


On 10/08/2008, at 6:04 PM, Jon Seymour wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM,  <stephen at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
>> CloudAV is accessible to any computer or mobile device on the  
>> network that
>> runs a simple software agent. Each time a computer or device  
>> receives a
>> new document or program, that item is automatically detected and  
>> sent to
>> the antivirus cloud for analysis.
>>
>
> Which is fine, provided your uplink is _really_ fast.

And, of course, it creates yet another scare-reason to send "all of  
your stuff" from the privacy of your own computer to... well, someone,  
somewhere, stop asking so many questions.

Stil


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