Zero-Day Attack

Firewall, check. Antivirus, check. Antimalware, check. Think your computer is safe from hackers? Check again.

Sure all those measures provide protection and they are all essential. But they all pretty much work because they already know about and recognizing the bad stuff. That’s why, for example, you regularly have to update your antivirus definition file. Updating adds newly discovered virus signatures to your antivirus’ list of known bad stuff.

But what happens when a brand new virus or worm or other malware finds your computer and your antivirus doesn’t recognize that it’s bad stuff? Well, your computer gets infected, that’s what. This is known as a Zero-Day attack.

The recent WannaCry ransomware was such a zero-day attack. It locked up the data on about 230,000 computers world-wide and demanded the owners pay a ransom to get the data back. And although the virus took advantage of a recently discovered flaw in the Windows operating system, the antivirus manufacturers hadn’t previously seen the virus that exploited the flaw. So your antivirus software wouldn’t have stopped the infection. But PC Condom would have.

PC Condom does not rely on virus signatures or black lists of undesirable apps. PC Condom simply stops ALL external apps from getting into your computer. PC Condom is powerful software that resides in a USB stick. Slip the stick into a willing USB port and your computer is protected. Take it out when you are sure the app you want to download is safe.

So keep your firewall, antivirus, and antimalware. But insert the PC Condom whenever you surf the web or open email attachments. Zero-day attacks? Zero worries with PC Condom.