![Regular users may be led to believe that modern antivurs software is the new snake oil from the days of the Wild West. [shutterstock: 123191803, Fer Gregiory]](https://e3zine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/snake_oil_antivirus_shutterstock_123191803web-845x355.jpg)
Regular users may be led to believe that modern antivurs software is the new snake oil from the days of the Wild West. [shutterstock: 123191803, Fer Gregiory]
Antivirus Software – Modern Snake Oil?
In the Wild West, "Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment" promised to be a medication for many diseases - and turned out to be completely ineffective. Since then, snake oil has stood for expensive, useless products - just like today's antivirus and malware solutions?