I was curious whether or not PC Matic’s unconventional approach to malware detection would really work, so I tested PC Matic against a wide range of malware, including viruses, trojans, and ransomware. PC Matic also includes a real-time protection feature - which, a little annoyingly, is optional. Instead of using a blacklist of known malware like most antiviruses do, PC Matic’s antivirus scanner has a “whitelist” of all known legitimate programs, and it blocks any program that’s not on the whitelist.
PC Matic is not your typical antivirus software.
