>> My point is, that's 144 hours between the virus being released and the
>> virus definition being released. An extra 24 hours before the server
>> picks up the new definition seems quite trivial by conparison. The virus
>> has already had plenty of time to wreck your entire network, long before
>> the AV vendor has anything to offer you...
> 
> Considering how nasty some viruses can be these days, why take the risk? 24
> hours could be the difference between one machine has it and the entire
> network has it. And you're not necessarily going to get infected the instant
> the virus comes out.
> 
> Update checks are very quick. Why not do one an hour?

Well, hey, why not do one an minute? Or even better, once per second?

[Ooo... the thought of 50 machines all trying to hit the same server onc 
per second over a 2 MB Internet link... that's not even funny.]

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