Everyone who works in the systems security field or one who owns a device is well aware of the never-ending virus attack threats.

Without exception, there is always the fear that the antivirus security model which is used to protect your system will be broken into.

Even during the days when the anti-virus is working, there is the threat that some new vicious virus will successfully attack. This is a never ending feverish battle between anti-virus software and the never ceasing malicious virus attacks. As long as these battles are going on, you can’t confidently declare that your device is safe.

Anti-viruses are generally overpriced considering the many times that computer systems get successfully attacked. Recently, many people came to wonder whether the high price of AV is really worth paying after Netflix announced that it had fired its main anti-virus provider. Thomas Fox-Brewster from Forbes.com reported that Netflix had announced the firing of its main security service provider. However, to protect the anti-virus company’s image, Netflix did not mention the name.

Rob Fry, Netflix senior security officer told Forbes that the company was in the process of leaving the anti-virus provider. He added that one of the reasons why they fired the provider is poor customer support. He added that the URL filtering which meant failure to block Netflix’s staff from visiting malicious websites while on company’s network was the more serious charge against the anti-virus provider.

Fox-Brewster writes that an AV heavily relies on the fact that a malware has a particular signature or a certain way it behaves in a PC or phone. According to research, AVs in the past 10 years almost never successfully detect a smart virus. Lastline Labs in 2014 said that only 51% of AVs were able to detect new malware. However, Martijn Grooten of Virus Bulletin said the Lastline research had errors.

In the real world that we live in which business whether big or small can survive if its efficiency is a mere 51%? Antivirus providers have admitted to selling ineffective AVs.