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<blockquote data-quote="kongchaos" data-source="post: 978935" data-attributes="member: 94538"><p>Indeed. But maybe ignorance is bliss. There are massive botnets around the world. I believe most infected computer owners would wipe the viruses if they knew they were infected. But many don't even notice. Most security configs are not default on windows, browsers, and so. In the past I was infected by a virus that installed itself directly from the browser without any download. In fact I didn't even do much. Just clicked on a link shown at a "safe" forum. I can say things are different today. Many security holes were patched. But things keep coming up.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's the point. As I said above, it's very hard for a regular user to read all security news and find out between hundreds of software advertised on the internet what's legit, what is better, what complements or conflicts. There is malware been distributed disguised as antivirus software at a very popular tech forum (not to mention compromised apps available on Google Play Store). I installed it for testing purpose at a VM and soon after it was "done", some shady processes under "system" level began phoning China. Not the "AV" process, but legit windows processes hijacked.</p><p></p><p>My idea is to help make things clear. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😸" title="Grinning cat with smiling eyes :smile_cat:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f638.png" data-shortname=":smile_cat:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kongchaos, post: 978935, member: 94538"] Indeed. But maybe ignorance is bliss. There are massive botnets around the world. I believe most infected computer owners would wipe the viruses if they knew they were infected. But many don't even notice. Most security configs are not default on windows, browsers, and so. In the past I was infected by a virus that installed itself directly from the browser without any download. In fact I didn't even do much. Just clicked on a link shown at a "safe" forum. I can say things are different today. Many security holes were patched. But things keep coming up. That's the point. As I said above, it's very hard for a regular user to read all security news and find out between hundreds of software advertised on the internet what's legit, what is better, what complements or conflicts. There is malware been distributed disguised as antivirus software at a very popular tech forum (not to mention compromised apps available on Google Play Store). I installed it for testing purpose at a VM and soon after it was "done", some shady processes under "system" level began phoning China. Not the "AV" process, but legit windows processes hijacked. My idea is to help make things clear. 😸 [/QUOTE]
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