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<blockquote data-quote="wat0114" data-source="post: 1004336" data-attributes="member: 91306">For the most part I agree with you, but nearly 20 years ago I got hit by the MS Blaster worm, and I wasn&#039;t even browsing the Internet or downloading cracks, pirated software, keygens or the like. In fact, I had just re-installed Windows XP SP1 and the worm hit within minutes of the completed install. XP&#039;s firewall was not enabled by default, and I didn&#039;t yet have a router. My PC was only sitting behind my ISP&#039;s cable modem. At the time my knowledge of pc security was limited to not much more than antivirus and Windows firewall, the latter of which I hadn&#039;t got to enabling yet before the worm hit.I think utilizing additional security measures is mostly about addressing potential avenues of attack - of which there are many in Windows - rather than about being paranoid, and we know that basic antivirus can&#039;t be counted on to handle this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wat0114, post: 1004336, member: 91306"] For the most part I agree with you, but nearly 20 years ago I got hit by the MS Blaster worm, and I wasn't even browsing the Internet or downloading cracks, pirated software, keygens or the like. In fact, I had just re-installed Windows XP SP1 and the worm hit within minutes of the completed install. XP's firewall was not enabled by default, and I didn't yet have a router. My PC was only sitting behind my ISP's cable modem. At the time my knowledge of pc security was limited to not much more than antivirus and Windows firewall, the latter of which I hadn't got to enabling yet before the worm hit. I think utilizing additional security measures is mostly about addressing potential avenues of attack - of which there are many in Windows - rather than about being paranoid, and we know that basic antivirus can't be counted on to handle this. [/QUOTE]

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