{"id":55663,"date":"2016-12-20T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=55663"},"modified":"2016-12-20T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T17:34:09","slug":"ransomfree-vs-pc-matic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/ransomfree-vs-pc-matic\/","title":{"rendered":"RansomFree Vs. PC Matic &#8211; How They Stack Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3150748\/security\/this-free-software-protects-your-pc-against-ransomware.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3150748\/security\/this-free-software-protects-your-pc-against-ransomware.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1482339796587000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE5UF016I1gsLEGXJylL8NgZ-2aOg\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">PC World<\/span><\/a> recently published an article on a new software that is claiming to block ransomware, RansomFree.\u00a0 RansomFree is a behavioral analysis software that runs in the background of your PC by collecting data on what is considered normal behavior and what is considered not.\u00a0 If any red flags arise, the software will stop the execution and give the user the ability to either override the alert and continue with what they were doing, or ask RansomFree to permanently quarantine the application as malicious.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>RansomFree<\/h4>\n<p>PC Matic&#8217;s malware researcher and product manager, Devin Bergin, tested the software.\u00a0 It should be known that it indeed blocked 100% of his ransomware samples.\u00a0 That being said, there are two major issues with this security solution.<\/p>\n<p>First, RansomFree does not do any testing for you to determine if the application is safe.\u00a0 Once it is deemed malicious by the user, there is no further testing.\u00a0 This could scare users to be a bit careless, which could cause the user to override the alerts because they don&#8217;t want their application to forever be known as malicious.<\/p>\n<p>Second, this solution implements the use of decoy files as a means of protection against file encryption.\u00a0 This sounds like a good idea, until we dig a bit deeper.\u00a0 A risk included with using decoy files means you may end up with a few files being encrypted before the behavioral analysis detects an issue and is able to stop it.\u00a0 Theoretically this shouldn&#8217;t be an issue, because the ransomware will be encrypting the decoy files, not legitimate ones.\u00a0 However, a risk, as pointed out by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/ransomfree-is-the-latest-app-that-tries-to-stop-ransomware-infections-on-windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/ransomfree-is-the-latest-app-that-tries-to-stop-ransomware-infections-on-windows\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1482339796587000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqYB2zQP4BU0xSYyJoUfGMeoICQg\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">BleepingComputer<\/span><\/a>, is that these decoy files are named with either ! or ~ at the beginning of the file name.\u00a0 This will bump these files to the top of the list\u00a0which\u00a0would typically cause\u00a0the ransomware to encrypt them first.\u00a0 However, with the advancements in ransomware, it is not difficult for the cyber criminals to create a different methodology to target alternative files first.<\/p>\n<h4>PC Matic<\/h4>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s compare RansomFree to PC Matic.\u00a0 PC Matic, too, blocked 100% of the ransomware samples.\u00a0 However, that is to be expected, because they are our samples.\u00a0 That being said, PC Matic did block 100% of the ransomware samples when tested by <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2016\/11\/29\/important-security-test-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2016\/11\/29\/important-security-test-decade\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1482339796587000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGloyGtOdgH0-hwco62-uCiVXpV8g\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">AV Comparatives<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PC Matic also\u00a0includes an advanced mode that allows users to make decisions on unknown files without waiting for classification by our malware team, although we don\u2019t recommend using it all the time.\u00a0 If users choose not to add the application\u00a0to their whitelist, the PC Matic malware research team will test and categorize these applications <span class=\"m_-4732774216818283594gmail-aBn\"><span class=\"m_-4732774216818283594gmail-aQJ\"><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2001331852\"><span class=\"aQJ\">within 24 hours<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> of attempted execution.\u00a0 By allowing for the malware research team to do appropriate testing, there is no risk of a trusted application being permanently quarantined as malicious, like with the use of RansomFree.<\/p>\n<h4>Conclusion<\/h4>\n<p>Overall, both security solutions have the same end result.\u00a0 Ransomware is blocked.\u00a0 Although,\u00a0as ransomware developers change their encryption tactics, RansomFree may catch less ransomware before encryption, while PC Matic will still block the unknown right away with our whitelist 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