Last week I wrote a story about how anti-virus companies are struggling to keep up with the huge volumes of viruses and other malware being released on the Internet. The story examined the various ways the anti-virus industry has responded and how those changes are affecting consumers. Source: AV Test Labs From the story: Malware writers increasingly are taking steps to ensure that computers infected with their creations stay infected, according to security researchers. In years past, no matter how quickly an anti-virus product shipped updates to detect the most recent malware, most anti-virus software would eventually sound the alarm if a virus managed to slip past its initial defenses. But more of today’s cyber criminals are continuously updating the malware they have managed to install on victims’ computers replacing older malicious files with new ones in a bid to keep them hidden. Frankly, the key points in the story