What are the main drawbacks for anti-virus software?

What are the main drawbacks for anti-virus software?
A . AV software is difficult to keep up to the current revisions.
B . AV software can detect viruses but can take no action.
C . AV software is signature driven so new exploits are not detected.
D . It’s relatively easy for an attacker to change the anatomy of an attack to bypass AV systems
E . AV software isn’t available on all major operating systems platforms.
F . AV software is very machine (hardware) dependent.

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Answer: C

Explanation:

Although there are functions like heuristic scanning and sandbox technology, the Antivirus program is still mainly depending of signature databases and can only find already known viruses.