Surveying 17 Anti-Virus Firms on Their Security Practices

[Secondmineboy]

In Kaspersky Lab Saga's Wake, Here's How AV Firms Have Responded - Or Not

https://www.govinfosecurity.com/surveying-17-anti-virus-firms-on-their-security-practices-a-10393

The Sound of Silence

Since first querying the 17 firms - multiple times if necessary, beginning on Oct. 6, except for Malwarebytes and Sophos, first queried on Oct. 11 - the following firms have not responded to the posed questions:

    Avast (Czech Republic)
    Bitdefender (Romania)
    Bullguard (United Kingdom)
    ESET (Slovakia)
    Malwarebytes (United States)
    McAfee (United States)
    Microsoft (United States)
    Sophos (United Kingdom)
    Symantec (United States)
    VIPRE (United States)


Why hasnt Avast responded?

[DavidR]

Why haven't you checked the forums, there is already a topic about this, though misplaced in the forums, as is this one.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=210066.0