Don't be so quick to judge...I did a quick check on this particular email virus: Win32.Sober.a http://tinyurl.com/3ljr7
And this is the result I came up with: http://tinyurl.com/3s6w8
You will notice HOW many vendors are listed in the [undetected] column (including Symantec/Norton) on this one even tho they have given it a name: W32.Sober@mm (Symantec) , WORM_SOBER.A (Trend Micro), I-Worm/Sober.A (Grisoft) That's AVG.
What you need to do is just make sure that whatever A/V you use, you keep it updated faithfully. And go to the Virus Bulletin: http://www.virusbulletin.com/ if you want to know more about each vendor and thier record. Liz
