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<blockquote data-quote="Fuzzfas" data-source="post: 548779" data-attributes="member: 4553">I don&#039;t remember when it was the last time i got infected. I remember the last time i ALMOST got infected. About a year ago, a friend came with USB flash drive wanting to print something. I had Avira free at the time and Comodo with HIPS on. Avira didn&#039;t see a peep. Upon USB insertion, Comodo&#039;s D+ &quot;barked&quot; that a new registry entry wanted to be added. I blocked. As it turned out later, it was an auto-execution VBS french virus (judging from the name at least) that was trying to automatically infect using the autorun.inf of the USB stick. Upon further inspection, the friend&#039;s laptop had also been infected and her antivirus hadn&#039;t noticed anything either. I actually found 2 autostart registry entries on her laptop.That&#039;s about it... I haven&#039;t seen another live malware for ages and certainly not while browsing. I &#039;ve seen a ransomware on an another&#039;s friend&#039;s laptop. There wasn&#039;t much to do, it wouldn&#039;t let you do anything in Windows. Also had an antivirus.These are the 2 most recent experiences i &#039;ve had, which, combined with the inevitable performance degradation they cause, has led me to abbandon real time antivirus, despite a part of me wants on for the placebo effect. I kind of remember an old &quot;Placebo antivirus&quot; for such purposes. Just a GUI that sits on tray for psychological reasons. Maybe i should google for it again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fuzzfas, post: 548779, member: 4553"] I don't remember when it was the last time i got infected. I remember the last time i ALMOST got infected. About a year ago, a friend came with USB flash drive wanting to print something. I had Avira free at the time and Comodo with HIPS on. Avira didn't see a peep. Upon USB insertion, Comodo's D+ "barked" that a new registry entry wanted to be added. I blocked. As it turned out later, it was an auto-execution VBS french virus (judging from the name at least) that was trying to automatically infect using the autorun.inf of the USB stick. Upon further inspection, the friend's laptop had also been infected and her antivirus hadn't noticed anything either. I actually found 2 autostart registry entries on her laptop. That's about it... I haven't seen another live malware for ages and certainly not while browsing. I 've seen a ransomware on an another's friend's laptop. There wasn't much to do, it wouldn't let you do anything in Windows. Also had an antivirus. These are the 2 most recent experiences i 've had, which, combined with the inevitable performance degradation they cause, has led me to abbandon real time antivirus, despite a part of me wants on for the placebo effect. I kind of remember an old "Placebo antivirus" for such purposes. Just a GUI that sits on tray for psychological reasons. Maybe i should google for it again. [/QUOTE]

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