Antivirus Poll

[Benjamin Case]

Vote for your favorite antivirus here!

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Edited January 16, 2021 by colonel_mortis
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[AbydosOne]

Just now, Benjamin Case said:

Vote for your favorite antivirus here!

Why?

[Vishera]

I am running bare,letting the shine of my nakedness scare them viruses away.

[Guest]

Can't you just make a poll and embed it into your post?

[Vishera]

Just now, itswillum said:

Can't you just make a poll and embed it into your post?

OP is using doing a world wide poll,who knows for what purpose.

[duncannah]

Been running bare for years, no issues so far

[RTX 3090]

Windows Defender is good enough

[Seyrren]

14 minutes ago, Vishera said:

I am running bare,letting the shine of my nakedness scare them viruses away.

I didn't expect meeting someone else besides me running 7 without "protection" .

[starry]

[Sir Asvald]

Windows Defender and having common sense is the best thing to have! 

[poochyena]

18 minutes ago, starry said:

common sense doesn't prevent your computer from getting infested with a virus.

[starry]

5 minutes ago, poochyena said:

common sense doesn't prevent your computer from getting infested with a virus.

yes it does

[poochyena]

1 minute ago, starry said:

yes it does

explain

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, poochyena said:

explain

If you know what and what not to do, then you won't get a virus.

Sure, someone could stick a file on your computer, but as long as you say "no" you'll be fine.

Just make sure you aren't an admin account.

[Tan3l6]

I have used that "Other" one also for a few years, no viruses yet.

[poochyena]

Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

If you know what and what not to do, then you won't get a virus.

lmao, what does that even mean? Ok, what can I do that guarantees me that I can't get a virus over the internet?

[WhitetailAni]

Just now, poochyena said:

lmao, what does that even mean? Ok, what can I do that guarantees me that I can't get a virus over the internet?

Do you go to shady sites all the time?
Just click "yes!" to downloads?

[Tan3l6]

Just now, poochyena said:

lmao, what does that even mean? Ok, what can I do that guarantees me that I can't get a virus over the internet?

Regular logic and experience. Does not guarantee, because if you're used to visiting dodgy sites you need AV.

If you know what you are doing the chance lowers significantly.

[poochyena]

Just now, ragnarok0273 said:

Do you go to shady sites all the time?
Just click "yes!" to downloads?

You don't need to go to shady websites to get a virus

yes, I, like basically everyone, download files from the internet. Anyone who downloads any files from any place can get a virus.

[poochyena]

1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:

If you know what you are doing the chance lowers significantly.

yes, lower, not 0.

[Tan3l6]

1 minute ago, poochyena said:

yes, lower, not 0.

Does any antivirus guarantee that?

 

Only use trusted sources for downloading "stuff" and you're ok.

[starry]

2 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Regular logic and experience. Does not guarantee, because if you're used to visiting dodgy sites you need AV.

If you know what you are doing the chance lowers significantly.

if youre visting dodgy sites use a virtual machine with tailsOS and youll be fine

[poochyena]

Just now, Tan3l6 said:

Does any antivirus guarantee that?

no, but an antivirus reduces your chance of a virus significantly more.

[WaggishOhio383]

1 minute ago, poochyena said:

You don't need to go to shady websites to get a virus

yes, I, like basically everyone, download files from the internet. Anyone who downloads any files from any place can get a virus.

False. I download files all the time and the last time I've never gotten a virus. If you use caution while web browsing and don't download files from or go on websites that don't seem trustworthy you won't get viruses. Only antivirus I've ever used is Windows Defender, and I've never even needed that.

[TetraSky]

The only reason I'm using an "anti virus", is for the proper firewall and better online threat protection than the built-in stuff in Windows. I use Bitdefender total security. I reactivate the trial version every 3 months or so, haven't paid them a single cent in the past 2 or 3 years now.

I often visit not so "legit" websites(and I'm not just talking torrents here) and more often than not there are ads/3rd party scripts on those that redirect to websites that try to infect my PC at every turn. Not rare that I get a notification saying a threat was blocked or a suspicious webpage was prevented from loading, etc... Is it placebo? Is it actually a threat? I don't know, I don't care, I don't want to see them so good online protection it is.

 

But for the casual user who mostly only browse the web normally, facebook and what not, Windows Defender + an adblock should be more than enough to curb 99% of the threats.