Rick Broida of CNET reveals why he doesn't use anti-virus software.
Its CEO claims that the data collection was legal.
An Avast antivirus subsidiary sells 'Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.' Its clients have included Home Depot, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and McKinsey.
A shocking analysis of antivirus apps with many of these apps [that failed] also appeared to have been developed by the same programmer on an assembly line
using windows, you need AV software. even if its basic free versions. there are just has too many spyware/malware/viruses out there waiting to infect a windows machine.
if he was on linux, i could understand. however, there are viruses etc that could infect linux machines, the chances of getting one is relatively low compared to that of a windows machine.
but basically if you go to trusted sites, download reputable programs directly from developers sites, always make sure your system is up to date, skip all the cracks/hacks for applications your computer is relatively safe.
Havnt used anti virus software for around 5 years... As long as you are careful it's fine.
Hate on Apple all you want but I've been to the deepest darkest depths of the internet since 1999 and only once have I've been infected.
I was thinking of Installing norton anti on my new laptop recently but then I figured I better not after being told and figuring out what a resource hog it is on my 6 year pc and probably one of the many reasons why a game Is running slow when it met the specs needed to run it.
needless to say I know what sites not to go too on my laptop and if I need to venture into some unknown site ill go onto my computer first pretty much its a guiena pig at this point lol
He img used a Mac since 2008, I almost forgot there is a thing called anti-virus to counter stuff like virus, Trojan etc.. Life is so much better with Mac.