EC-Council
EC0-350 · Question #720
What are the main drawbacks for anti-virus software?
The correct answer is C. AV software is signature driven so new exploits are not detected. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What are the main drawbacks for anti-virus software?
Options
- AAV software is difficult to keep up to the current revisions.
- BAV software can detect viruses but can take no action.
- CAV software is signature driven so new exploits are not detected.
- DIt's relatively easy for an attacker to change the anatomy of an attack to bypass AV systems
- EAV software isn't available on all major operating systems platforms.
- FAV software is very machine (hardware) dependent.
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A9% (3)
- B6% (2)
- C82% (27)
- F3% (1)
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