{"id":58202,"date":"2017-10-27T04:33:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T09:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=58202"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:13:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:13:52","slug":"traditional-antivirus-solutions-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/traditional-antivirus-solutions-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Antivirus Solutions Fail 40% of the Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent study <\/a>found approximately 40% of end users who had a traditional antivirus in place during the first half of this year, experienced a malware attack.\u00a0 Traditional security solutions include a vast majority of those on the market.\u00a0 They are software programs that utilize a blacklist technology, which only blocks known malware threats.\u00a0 Therefore, all unknown files are allowed to execute.\u00a0 This creates issues because new malware variants are released daily, meaning keeping the blacklist updated is impossible.<\/p>\n

Instead of trying to chase down the newly developed malware variants, the world needs an alternative security solution.\u00a0 This solution is a whitelist.\u00a0 Instead of only blocking\u00a0known<\/em> malware variants, an application whitelist only allows for trusted security solutions to execute.\u00a0 Therefore, these new, unknown malicious software variants are blocked from running on endpoints; thus maintaining the highest level of security available.\u00a0 This default deny approach has been proven far more successful in malware prevention and detection by Virus Bulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Currently, very few antivirus solutions are utilizing the application whitelist approach.\u00a0 One security platform that has had a whitelist in place since 2011 in PC Matic.\u00a0 Instead of waiting for the next malware attack, stay protected with an endpoint solution that focuses on prevention instead of remediation.<\/p>\n

PC Matic<\/a> is available for home users, while PC Matic Pro<\/a> is available to businesses, non-profits, government agencies and educational institutions.<\/p>\n

**If you are a PC Matic subscriber, and need assistance with the program, you may reach out support team at www.pcmatic.com\/help<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent study found approximately 40% of end users who had a traditional antivirus in place during the first half of this year, experienced a malware attack.\u00a0 Traditional security solutions include a vast majority of those on the market.\u00a0 They are software programs that utilize a blacklist technology, which only blocks known malware threats.\u00a0 Therefore, 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