Do you use an antivirus in your computer?

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I don't. It's been years since I've used one.
I bought a laptop a few weeks ago and it came with mcafee, which was the first thing I uninstalled lol.

I don't think there's a need of one if you are just careful what you download and where you go.

But do you use one? Do you consider it necessary?
 
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Bro - Yes I always prefer to use an antivirus to keep my machine safe and secure..

I was using Macbook my office with an antivirus at all for last 10 years an it was working efficient..

But in windows, I always prefer - mcafee or any other better antivirus.

Cheers
 
Nah. I use a host blocker, though, that blocks a massive list of around 3 million domains, including ads and known malicious IPs. And yeah I don't visit dodgy sites.
I used to use AV, but in the past few years I've noticed that AV is becoming similar to spyware/adware. The last one I had was bitdefender premium, and they kept bothering me with popups asking me to buy their VPN etc it was annoying af.
 
I use malwarebytes. It's pretty good. Works well along with windows defender.
 
noellarkin said:
ith popups asking me to buy their VPN etc it was annoying af.
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Yeah, you pay them not to show popups in sites but they show you popups haha

noellarkin said:
yep, same here. I disable anything that increases the number of "Are you sure you want to do XYZ" prompts, including UAC.
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Right. That's just overprotecting people for no reason.
 
MacBook... So no anti virus. On my work Laptop I don't even know what av software I have installed lol
 
LuckyGamble said:
overprotecting people for no reason
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"safety" has become the new go-to sales tactic. Random SaaS companies promise to keep my data "Safe" even though I will use fake data to sign up anyway, microsoft says they'll keep me safe if I just sign up with a microsoft account so they can send me more notifications, Google will send me emails telling me they're really concerned about my privacy and security while tracking everything I do, and don't get me start on how every single restaurant has taken up safety as their USP post-COVID "our food tastes meh, but we'll keep you safe".
It's a circle-jerk of snowflakes who never learned risk assessment.
 
NirvanaWolf said:
I use malwarebytes. It's pretty good. Works well along with windows defender.
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This one used to be pretty good from what I remember - - I used it a lot in 2017. Do they bombard you with notifications these days as well, or is there atleast an opt-out?
 
Nothing more then the built-in Windows Defender, what you download is more important in preventive actions then some add-on antivirus software. Atleast that is my experience in computers since almost 28 years of building and owning computers.
 
I use a Linux distro as my daily driver so never had the need for an antivirus. Most malware won't work on Linux machines anyways because most target windows and it has a different executable format.

I do use a host blocker tho. It runs on an rpi (it's called PiHole). Quite handy for blocking ads and sus domains.
 
noellarkin said:
This one used to be pretty good from what I remember - - I used it a lot in 2017. Do they bombard you with notifications these days as well, or is there atleast an opt-out?
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You can turn off notifications from the settings.
They're the best when it comes to quick updates against new malwares and Trojans.
 
I am using Eset Internet Security for quite a long time now, almost 8-9 years now. It's the best and doesn't make your system lag like some others.
 
Nope, i am just careful about the downloading programs
 
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