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How to know if my Antivirus is really necessary?
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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 823702"><p>That's a fair question.</p><p></p><p>I don't really have any specific source per say, but I've simply drawn my conclusion based on what I see/read on whats happening around the world in this regard.</p><p></p><p>From what I can see/read, a lot of the major breaches, malware attacks really have been focused on business and governments as of late. It's far more lucrative for them and let's be honest hackers are trying to make money. If for example they attack Amazon and steal everyone's CC info, they just stole way more information in a shorter period than of time than waiting one, by one to get it from home users. It's really about efficiency IMO.</p><p></p><p> An example I can use is by simply asking the question, when was the last time anyone here got infected? Forget the, this is a security forum and I am a techie, when was the last time it actually happened? I can use my parents as an example, they aren't techies by any means and I have yet to come across any of their systems being infected. I constantly read comments from people around the internet discussing this exact topic and more often than not many cannot remember the last time they got infected, but I'm reading more and more about businesses and governments getting hacked. So to me I just see it as a trend. </p><p></p><p>Now for the record I'm in no way saying that people like us and your average computer user cannot get infected, it still happens, but with the improvements to Windows and browsers, it's getting better for the home user IMO. Again I am not saying everyone needs to throw out their AV/suites, they still have their place and like I've said better safe than sorry.</p><p></p><p>Now I know this isn't a specific source per say, but it's just a conclusion I have come to when looking/reading whats going on around the world. It's ok if you disagree, it's just my point of view.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 823702"] That's a fair question. I don't really have any specific source per say, but I've simply drawn my conclusion based on what I see/read on whats happening around the world in this regard. From what I can see/read, a lot of the major breaches, malware attacks really have been focused on business and governments as of late. It's far more lucrative for them and let's be honest hackers are trying to make money. If for example they attack Amazon and steal everyone's CC info, they just stole way more information in a shorter period than of time than waiting one, by one to get it from home users. It's really about efficiency IMO. An example I can use is by simply asking the question, when was the last time anyone here got infected? Forget the, this is a security forum and I am a techie, when was the last time it actually happened? I can use my parents as an example, they aren't techies by any means and I have yet to come across any of their systems being infected. I constantly read comments from people around the internet discussing this exact topic and more often than not many cannot remember the last time they got infected, but I'm reading more and more about businesses and governments getting hacked. So to me I just see it as a trend. Now for the record I'm in no way saying that people like us and your average computer user cannot get infected, it still happens, but with the improvements to Windows and browsers, it's getting better for the home user IMO. Again I am not saying everyone needs to throw out their AV/suites, they still have their place and like I've said better safe than sorry. Now I know this isn't a specific source per say, but it's just a conclusion I have come to when looking/reading whats going on around the world. It's ok if you disagree, it's just my point of view.;)(y) [/QUOTE]
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