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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 838552" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>Although post-execution detection is not a perfect solution, it can be a valuable security addition to pre-execution techniques in the below cases:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">For prevalent threats (such as spam campaigns). Simply, the first user who will open the attachment will be infected if pre-execution protection will fail. But thousands of other people will be protected seconds later.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">For multistage threats which use the complex infection chain that is malicious/dangerous only in its final phase. The user is still protected if AV will break the infection chain before the final phase.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">For sophisticated malware which has strong capabilities of recognizing detonation in the sandbox.</li> </ol><p>I do not think that pre-execution behavior blocking can have an advantage over post-execution behavior blocking. The first does not have sufficient information to block all threads. The second does not have the capabilities to roll-back all the changes made during the attacks. So, both are required.</p><p>If one wants to be more secure, then he/she must apply other security layers like healthy security-related habits, default-deny setup, etc.</p><p>Finally, the Windows OS cannot be fully protected by any usable security. This follows from its design (programming languages, universality, usability, backward compatibility, etc.).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 838552, member: 32260"] Although post-execution detection is not a perfect solution, it can be a valuable security addition to pre-execution techniques in the below cases: [LIST=1] [*]For prevalent threats (such as spam campaigns). Simply, the first user who will open the attachment will be infected if pre-execution protection will fail. But thousands of other people will be protected seconds later. [*]For multistage threats which use the complex infection chain that is malicious/dangerous only in its final phase. The user is still protected if AV will break the infection chain before the final phase. [*]For sophisticated malware which has strong capabilities of recognizing detonation in the sandbox. [/LIST] I do not think that pre-execution behavior blocking can have an advantage over post-execution behavior blocking. The first does not have sufficient information to block all threads. The second does not have the capabilities to roll-back all the changes made during the attacks. So, both are required. If one wants to be more secure, then he/she must apply other security layers like healthy security-related habits, default-deny setup, etc. Finally, the Windows OS cannot be fully protected by any usable security. This follows from its design (programming languages, universality, usability, backward compatibility, etc.). [/QUOTE]
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