# Why Popular Antivirus Apps Don't Work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-popular-antivirus-apps-dont-work/195873>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 3, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-popular-antivirus-apps-dont-work/195873 "2006-08-03T18:24:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-popular-antivirus-apps-dont-work/195873/1 "2006-08-03T18:24:25Z")

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[http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/Why\_popular\_antivirus\_apps\_do\_not\_work\_/0,39033341,39264249,00.htm](http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/Why_popular_antivirus_apps_do_not_work_/0,39033341,39264249,00.htm)

Heh, 80% miss rate? Wow!