Vermillion
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Horrible article.
Irresponsible article.
Insane article.
Irresponsible article.
Insane article.
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Most of the people getting viruses are downloading pirated software, lets be honest.
Nope, they get it from that kinky 80yo porn :-DI'm fairly certain all of the 80yo clients I have don't get malware from downloading pirated warez....
Nope, they get it from that kinky 80yo porn :-D
Count me in as skeptical. I'm a fan of AV Comparatives and they consistently rank MS as a mediocre compared to other offerings.
So...
If you don't run any form of AV whatsoever and you're just going to rely on your 1337 skillz, how do you know you aren't part of some huge botnet?!
Are you just so at one with your machine that you can sense the threat, even though malware and viruses are socially engineered to fool the exact people that believe they're above AV?!
...Sounds a little backwards to me.
Everybody missed the most important part of this article.
This guy's an ex-FIREFOX developer.
Firefox. You know, that giant clusterfuck of memory leaks, unfixed bugs, and bloated features that NOBODY asked for. I call it Firefucks.
Are we really gonna believe THIS guy?
I used to work for an AV vendor. I refuse to use their products, even when I could get them for free. Let's pretend it rhymes with "whackafeee".
ESET NOD32 is awesome. It's $10 or less a year, barely uses any resources, can't even tell when it's running on crappy old systems like mom-in-law's etc.
I used to use Norton for a while but it seemed like it was really hit or miss (depending on the version) on the system resources. It got to the point where I gave up and went to NOD. 10 years ago?
Kaspersky is usually free or pretty cheap after some form of rebate. I've gifted some to relatives/in-laws who are too cheap to pay for anything.
The whole "I'm smart and I will never get a virus because XYZ...." line of reasoning is dumb. $10 a year is a whole lot easier than reloading your OS every year. Even smart people click on something they shouldn't from time to time.
And yeah, Firefox was great... 15 years ago.
Agree 100%. Haven't used antivirus in decades, never had an issue. Same on my parents systems. Just don't give them admin rights, and make them use google chrome. Never a problem.
Most of the people getting viruses are downloading pirated software, lets be honest.
Deep breath.If you and your parents only email each other, then yeah, that's a dandy approach. And no, viruses aren't only spread through pirated software, you can't be serious with that.
I've always had AVG and Malware Bytes to be safe and regularly run scans. AVG has caught some things for me throughout the years but it's not perfect. It's been on my parents PCs for years but they have managed to get malware on quite a few occasions. Mainly from my dad opening up spam e-mails that are being sent to him from when he gave his e-mail address to an e-mail harvester site years ago. What I've noticed is that adware is starting to manifest in Google Chrome extensions and I don't know if current AV software blocks these. Avast checks for them when you do a scan but I didn't use it for too long since it interfered with a few of my games and hogged resources. Recently my parents laptop got a really bad virus that added a Google Chrome extension and would literally yell at you and force you to put it back if you removed it. Malware Bytes got rid of it thankfully.
Is there any recent articles on the new attack vectors that Kaspersky (and some of the other big names) is still weak against?RIF: It's not so much that anti virus doesn't do it's job. Products like McAfee, and Kaspsky are finding viruses better than MS's products. The problem is they also open up new attack vectors which MS does not suffer from. And while Kaspersky is rated among the best, they do have a bunch of attack vectors they have not patched. That and their Android anti virus sucks. Their url checking servers constantly time out resulting in a page not found error on Android Chome. It got to the point i had to disable Chrome's real time safety under android.
Laughing from Linux
I had issues with AVG. I couldn't install Diablo III or GTA IV until I completely stopped AVG from starting on boot.
Those are not bulletproof vests my friend. At best, they are toy umbrellas that weight a ton, and I don't recall when is the last time I needed a toy umbrella.Not really.
With the risk of repeating myself. Antivirus software are like bulletproof vests. You don't need them all the time, but you're fucked if you didn't wear them when you needed. And you don't know when you'll need it.
IMO they are like bulletproof glass in a non-bullet proof car that has Subaru aluminum coca cola can thickness doors. If they don't specifically target what the antivirus is protecting, you'll end up full of holes one way or another.Those are not bulletproof vests my friend. At best, they are toy umbrellas that weight a ton, and I don't recall when is the last time I needed a toy umbrella.
Add attachments/links and messages with boobs and alike into the pile and 99% of all threats will be eliminated.IMO they are like bulletproof glass in a non-bullet proof car that has Subaru aluminum coca cola can thickness doors. If they don't specifically target what the antivirus is protecting, you'll end up full of holes one way or another.
The better strategy is to not drive through warzones, and you won't ever need bulletproof glass or a tank. Stick to legitimate vietnamese tranny fart porn sites, or whatever it is kids are in to these days, and stay away from deepweb ya pervs!