While I am running around Vegas at Interop, here is something to read from Scot Finnie, who now works over at Computerworld. A lovely rant about the shortcomings of anti-virus software, and what his wish list of what AV should — and should not — do:

The second most important criterion is that the darn software shut the heck up. I mean it. I'm so tired of desktop security software yakking at me. No warning screens, no voices telling me the virus database has been updated, no question dialogs asking me whether I want to quarantine or delete. I want no decisions to make; I want no interruptions. If an email message arrives with a virus in it, quarantine it for two weeks then automatically delete it. Or if you can't quarantine, then quietly — and I mean completely silently — delete it. I don't want to confirm. I don't want to investigate. I don't want to send it to your virus center for detailed dissection. I just want to use my computer for what it's for, and not be hampered by viruses. Is that so hard to understand?