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You don't even need that. AV does not know what "malware" is. It only knows heuristics from known bad ware. If I make a program in visual studio that does some
by devwastaken 4y ago
You don't even need that. AV does not know what "malware" is. It only knows heuristics from known bad ware. If I make a program in visual studio that does some bad stuff, and give it to you, defender won't do a thing about it because it's doing the same stuff good ware could also be doing.
This is why AV's are low on the list of security. Prevention is far better than detection.
- sebazzz 4y agoDoes that also apply to things like Symantec Endpoint Protection, which has many additional modules like SONAR - is that mostly marketing and loud yelling?
- zdragnar 4y agoMost endpoint protection systems typically use a combination of looking at known hashes or bad things and active process monitoring to identify new bad things. They're not perfect, and have varying levels of success. It is better than nothing. I can't speak to Symantec, but I've worked for companies that provide endpoint protection and watched a live demo of novel "malware" getting caught escalating privileges.