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7 Next Generation Anti-hacking tools are here to protect you

(because anti-virus is not enough)

Our last guide provided useful instructions on how you can choose the best antivirus product for
your system.

Now, a new question pops up:
Can a traditional antivirus product protect you from advanced malware attacks launched
by cyber-criminal minds?

And since this is an important question, I think you need a straight answer, so here it is:
Though I believe a very good antivirus product can still cover most of your system’s security,
the present threats and cyber criminal attacks have the ability to overcome your
antivirus’s detection system.

For this reason, you simply need to employ additional weapons in the fight against advanced
pieces of malicious code delivered by hackers.

How do hackers evade traditional detection?

I don’t want to emphasize the idea that traditional antivirus is dead, but only point out to a few
simple techniques that are used by anyone who creates a malicious piece of code:

• they install the best antivirus products and see if they detect the piece of code as
being malicious

• they just upload the piece of code on Virus Total and see if any antivirus product in the
list detects it

• they use a packer or obfuscation capabilities, which due to their polymorphic abilities
evade normal antivirus detection

• antivirus vendors are slow in updating the malware signatures

So, how do you stay safe from most online threats, if not all?

1. Use a reliable antivirus product

I know, it sounds funny, but traditional antivirus products are not dead yet. Or just not
yet. You still need a good antivirus to catch most malware, block phishing threats and check
web reputation of popular online domains.

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