Virus growth appears to be out of control and reaching pandemic proportions. Given the recent successes of e-mail borne viruses, one could just as easily argue that it is also irresponsible to continue marketing products known to be ineffective in deterring these new fast moving stealthy viruses. We at GateKeeper, LLC believe that the very people we are trying to protect, e.g. clients, will continue to be the ultimate losers as long the development of virus protection products continue to depend on this type of bizarre symbiotic relationship between the virus writer and the virus protector. We developed this new methodology, with its attendant challenge, in response to what we saw as a stagnation of ideas in the virus protection industry.
Current systems have a demonstrated inability to protect clients from new viruses.
Absent prior knowledge, current systems actually require casualties before an antidote can be developed and distributed. While we agree that this concept of taking a small number of casualties to protect the larger group may have been acceptable in times when viruses tended to spread rather slowly, we believe that the emergence of e-mails as the primary vector for the distribution of new viruses change everything. If the initial infection can be prevented, then the virus cannot replicate and its payload becomes irrelevant. We have therefore taken special steps to prevent replication and to isolate payloads from challenge viruses. We are excited about our product and its potential.