To properly evaluate the best antimalware technology, you must understand the threat, how it's detected and how products remediate infections. 

Antimalware technology has dramatically evolved from its signature-matching heritage to add a number of new detection techniques aimed at figuring out if a software program is malicious and should not execute on a device. Before we jump into the key considerations in selecting the best antimalware technology, let's discuss the tactics used by malware writers, which make the job of detecting much more challenging.