{"id":56799,"date":"2017-04-10T14:21:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T19:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=56799"},"modified":"2017-05-09T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T17:14:05","slug":"detection-rates-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"\/\/code.highcharts.com\/highcharts.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/code.highcharts.com\/modules\/exporting.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>The Drive for Awareness<\/h4>\n<p>In November of 2016, PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic, commissioned a test with AV Comparatives focusing on ransomware and virus detection. \u00a0This test was commissioned in an effort to stress the importance of detection rates.\u00a0 PC Matic chose to commission the test because several anti-virus (AV) companies choose not to participate in public testing.\u00a0 However, these companies continue to be successful.\u00a0 Therefore, suggesting buyers are not purchasing their security solutions\u00a0based on malware detection rates.\u00a0 This is concerning.\u00a0 The primary purpose for a security program is to prevent a malware attack.\u00a0 Yet, buyers do not know how well certain products can do this, because several companies choose to forego third-party detection testing.<\/p>\n<p>It is time the security industry begins to drive an emphasis on detection rates.\u00a0 By doing so, every security solution provider will be driven to do better.\u00a0 Thus, the consumers will be better protected.\u00a0 If products are not being tested for accuracy, how can buyers possibly know if it\u2019s capable of protecting their data?\u00a0 They cannot.<\/p>\n<h4>AV Comparatives Conducts Involuntary Malware Detection Test<\/h4>\n<p>In the test, PC Matic commissioned with AV Comparatives in November of 2016, 18 security solutions were tested.\u00a0 Those results can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/29\/important-security-test-decade\/\">here<\/a>. \u00a0 The results of the initial test brought in hundreds of comments from not only PC Matic users, but users of other security solutions as well.<\/p>\n<p>Several users of other AV solutions requested PC Matic commission another test with AV Comparatives. \u00a0This time, to include additional security programs. \u00a0PC Matic took this feedback and did just that.<\/p>\n<p>Another involuntary test was commissioned with AV Comparatives, this time including 28 AV solutions. \u00a0PC Matic also requested AV Comparatives test not only ransomware and virus samples, but polymorphic ransomware samples and false positives as well. \u00a0For those who may be unfamiliar, polymorphic ransomware is a ransomware variant that has the ability to change, or morph, by altering the code within the sample. \u00a0Consequently, this form of ransomware has the ability to alter itself every minute, potentially even every second. \u00a0False positives are unknown files. \u00a0Therefore, they have not been tested and deemed safe or malicious.<\/p>\n<h4>The Results<\/h4>\n<p>The test included 120 polymorphic ransomware samples, 1,000 recent ransomware samples, and 4,000 other malware variants. \u00a0As stated above, this test was involuntary, meaning none of the security solutions knew they were going to be tested, with the exception of PC Matic. \u00a0None of the AV programs, including PC Matic, knew when they would be tested. \u00a0During the testing process, the tests were run \u201cOn Execute\u201d with the internet connection enabled. \u00a0Each sample was run through a script and executed, and then analyzed to see if the AV product in question was able to properly detect the sample.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple security solutions tested well, including\u00a0Microsoft. \u00a0Historically, Microsoft&#8217;s free AV program, Windows Defender was far from effective;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3025889\/windows\/tested-microsofts-windows-defender-antivirus-is-less-awful-than-it-used-to-be.html\">testing dead last<\/a> against several leading AV solutions in 2013. \u00a0Today, its detection is better than some purchased security solutions.<\/p>\n<p>What PC users must understand is, if they are going to pay for a security solution, they must\u00a0pay for the best.<\/p>\n<p>PC Matic earned perfect scores in polymorphic ransomware, recent ransomware, and other malware detection. \u00a0Its false positive rate was 96.67%. \u00a0This is due to PC Matic&#8217;s whitelisting methodology. \u00a0Therefore, anyone who uses the traditional blacklisting methodology, which allows any unknown files to execute, will score 100%.<\/p>\n<p>The chart below allows readers to hover over each category to see how their security solution scored in all four areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"container\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 1500px; margin: 0 auto;\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.pcpitstop.com\/js\/techtalk-chart-avc.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Drive for Awareness In November of 2016, PC Pitstop, makers of PC Matic, commissioned a test with AV Comparatives focusing on ransomware and virus detection. \u00a0This test was commissioned in an effort to stress the importance of detection rates.\u00a0 PC Matic chose to commission the test because several anti-virus (AV) companies choose not to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":55072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,5090],"tags":[5165,108],"class_list":["post-56799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-matic-blog","category-slider","tag-av-comparatives","tag-pc-matic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PC Matic commissioned another malware detection test with AV Comparatives. This time, more AV solutions were tested and polymorphic ransomware and...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PC Matic commissioned another malware detection test with AV Comparatives. This time, more AV solutions were tested and polymorphic ransomware and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PC Matic Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pcmatic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-10T19:21:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-09T17:14:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slider_1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kayla Elliott\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pcmatic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pcmatic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kayla Elliott\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kayla Elliott\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4a11f480158af9f8090d8d90e0de8db\"},\"headline\":\"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-10T19:21:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-09T17:14:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":583,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/slider_1-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AV Comparatives\",\"pc matic\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PC Matic Blog\",\"TechTalk Slider\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/\",\"name\":\"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/slider_1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-10T19:21:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-09T17:14:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"PC Matic commissioned another malware detection test with AV Comparatives. This time, more AV solutions were tested and polymorphic ransomware and...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/slider_1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/slider_1-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":550},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/detection-rates-revealed\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"PC Matic Blog\",\"description\":\"Tech Tips and Tricks\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png\",\"width\":1535,\"height\":483,\"caption\":\"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pcmatic\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/pcmatic\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/pcmaticusa\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/pcmatic\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/c\\\/PCMaticVideo\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4a11f480158af9f8090d8d90e0de8db\",\"name\":\"Kayla Elliott\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/kayla\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs","description":"PC Matic commissioned another malware detection test with AV Comparatives. This time, more AV solutions were tested and polymorphic ransomware and...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs","og_description":"PC Matic commissioned another malware detection test with AV Comparatives. This time, more AV solutions were tested and polymorphic ransomware and...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/","og_site_name":"PC Matic Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pcmatic","article_published_time":"2017-04-10T19:21:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-05-09T17:14:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":550,"url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slider_1-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Kayla Elliott","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@pcmatic","twitter_site":"@pcmatic","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kayla Elliott","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/"},"author":{"name":"Kayla Elliott","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a11f480158af9f8090d8d90e0de8db"},"headline":"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs","datePublished":"2017-04-10T19:21:04+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-09T17:14:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/"},"wordCount":583,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slider_1-1.jpg","keywords":["AV Comparatives","pc matic"],"articleSection":["PC Matic Blog","TechTalk Slider"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/","name":"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slider_1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2017-04-10T19:21:04+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-09T17:14:05+00:00","description":"PC Matic commissioned another malware detection test with AV Comparatives. This time, more AV solutions were tested and polymorphic ransomware and...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slider_1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slider_1-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/detection-rates-revealed\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Malware Detection Rates Revealed for 28 AV Programs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/","name":"PC Matic Blog","description":"Tech Tips and Tricks","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA.","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png","width":1535,"height":483,"caption":"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pcmatic","https:\/\/x.com\/pcmatic","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pcmaticusa\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pcmatic","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/PCMaticVideo"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d4a11f480158af9f8090d8d90e0de8db","name":"Kayla Elliott","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/author\/kayla\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}