PC Pitstop develops, markets and supports the award-winning PC Matic security software.

PC Matic features a globally automated whitelist technology and fileless malware detection, together providing the best security protection for end-point devices around the globe.

Founded in 1999 by Rob Cheng, the American company with operations based in Sioux City, Iowa and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – was established with the sole purpose of creating a better way to diagnose common computer problems.

Over 19 years, PC Pitstop has evolved into an innovative provider of cloud based performance and security solutions for homes, businesses of all sizes, and government agencies ^[0] In January 2011, Pitstop launched Super Shield, which is PC Matic's real time protection based on a white list.

The flaw in antivirus then and still today, is how it deals with unknown applications.

If a black list AV sees an unknown file, it assumes it to be good.

That is the security hole and why our nation is facing a ransomware crisis.

The white list assumes unknown files are bad until our researchers can verify their authenticity.