the price of anti virus

i found an interesting opinion on the pricing of anti-virus products over at the agnitum blog a while ago - basically mikhail penkovsky is saying ( ... , i have a different opinion... i've often said that signature updates tell a known-<strong class="keyword">malware</strong> scanner ... for signature updates is patently obvious - <strong class="keyword">malware</strong> authors keep writing more <strong class="keyword">malware</strong> so more<br /><br />Posted in <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/blogs/http://anti-virus-rants.blogspot.com">anti-virus rants</a></strong> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Fanti-virus-rants.blogspot.com" style="color:#390;"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/images/bubble_h11.gif" alt="View Technorati URL search" style="border:none;"/> 148 links from 33 sites</a>) by <a rel="nofollow" class="byline" title="View kwismer's profile">kwismer</a><br /><br /><img width="1" height="1" src="http://static.technorati.com/y/110665416.gif?anM9MCZyZWY9YXBpfC9zZWFyY2g/cXVlcnk9bWFsd2FyZSZsYW5ndWFnZT1lbiZrZXk9YmYyMjQ5ZjVhOTRmMzY1MmZjNjc0ODBjZWExYjg0MjQmZm9ybWF0PXJzc3wxfGh0dHA6Ly9hbnRpLXZpcnVzLXJhbnRzLmJsb2dzcG90LmNvbS8yMDA4LzAzL3ByaWNlLW9mLWFudGktdmlydXMuaHRtbCZ2aXNpdG9yaWQ9LSZ1c2VyaWQ9LSZzZXNzaW9uaWQ9MDE0MzY4MjlhMDM2ODhiZmFlMWE0OTlhMDk1NmIxOGImdXNlcmNsYXNzPTEmYWJjbGFzcz1hJmFic3dpdGNoPTMmbWVtYmVyPS0="/>