DyNamiC.
[H]ard|Gawd
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99% of antivirus programs seem irrelevant when not a single one of them can stop a fake antivirus infection.
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Also... to those saying "I don't run AV and don't have any infections", you wouldn't know... virtually all actual malware (other than those spamming popups telling you to pay up to clean up) runs silently, sending it off to other computers to infect, keylogging your info, spamming forums, etc. That's like saying "There's no radio waves going through MY house!" without having any equipment to detect if there were... .
Run without AV software and someday you'll likely be bring your PC to someboday like me to "fix" lol
Running your system with absolutely no AV software is the only reason that makes sense to me why some people do a clean install of their OS every month or so... I can't come up with anything else that would clog-up their system and slow it down in a month...
Also... to those saying "I don't run AV and don't have any infections", you wouldn't know... virtually all actual malware (other than those spamming popups telling you to pay up to clean up) runs silently, sending it off to other computers to infect, keylogging your info, spamming forums, etc. That's like saying "There's no radio waves going through MY house!" without having any equipment to detect if there were... .
Ok so I looked up your specs in your profile.
PC 1: Intel Core i7 970 | 12GB DDR3 G.Skill Ripjaws
Thats as far as I could get before loling my ass off.
If you run any Core i7, a 970 no less, and 12 frigging GB of RAM and AV slows down your system, you are doing something wrong.
Ah, the smell of extreme generalization in the morning!Also... to those saying "I don't run AV and don't have any infections", you wouldn't know... virtually all actual malware (other than those spamming popups telling you to pay up to clean up) runs silently, sending it off to other computers to infect, keylogging your info, spamming forums, etc. That's like saying "There's no radio waves going through MY house!" without having any equipment to detect if there were... .
Also worth reposting:At the end of the day, if someone is targetting me, they'll leverage one of countless undisclosed vulnerabilities in my phone, computer, alarm system, etc. All I can do is keep the script kiddies off my back.
99% of antivirus programs seem irrelevant when not a single one of them can stop a fake antivirus infection.
I posted with at least 7 years of experience experimenting on this on Windows XP (on my machines); I know I don't have much (if any) credibility to stand on, because who does if they can't cite sources and present all scientific data that they have collected? (And speaking of which, who in this thread or any of the other past threads or in general, ever does?)Anyone with a PC less than 5 years old who claims that AV slows down their PC is either -
How many antivirus software do you have installed running simultaneously? And are you an intelligent and smart operator of computers and browsers? Both these will make a tremendous difference in weighing whether your antivirus works because you're an intelligent operator like some of us without antivirus, or...No kidding. Most people have absolutely no idea they're infected.
AV is mostly for idiots and people that want a false sense of security (is there a difference?).
silly.
i have built myself countless computers over the last 20 years. not one has ever had silly AV installed and none have ever been infected. sure i run an ad killer or malwarebytes every once in a while, but there is no need for silly on-access scanning and memory hogging on a gaming PC.
dont surf for porn and suspicious downloads. its not that hard...
Stand still laddy!How can you have your pudding if you dont eat you meat?
I only vist
Amazon
Hardocp
Voodoo extreme
Youtube
And just use Steam for games.
So no, I dont use AV, I dont download anything.
You mean like TSA's procedures at the Airport?
anyone here that doesn't use AV is not an IT technician it appears lol