We then have ransomware protection which is heavily behavior based.While we have heavily relied on signatures for this in the past, with the incorporation of machine learning, our engine now analyzes files and looks for identifiers that are common in malware compared to good files. This is also where the Malware Protection Machine Learning comes in.If it gets blocked by exploit protection, then it can't infect you and it will be removed. This could be something that found an exploit in Word, Adobe Reader, etc. Exploit protection is the next layer here that looks for commonly used exploit attacks in many of todays common applications that are used to elevate an infection from a normal user to an admin.However, as you mentioned, this generally requires us to update the database of known bad websites so can sometimes be a bit slow and maybe the file does get downloaded. In this situation, our Web Protection is very good at blocking malicious websites. You generally have to download the virus from somewhere.To explain a bit more, here's a typical flow: If we can stop the infection from getting to the computer in the first place, then the rootkit can't get to a point where it can bypass detection. While rootkits are designed to bypass a lot of AV, this is why we rely on our multi-layer protection. We are continuously improving the logic though. We've had machine learning and heuristic for a year now, if not longer.
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