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<blockquote data-quote="motox781" data-source="post: 823718" data-attributes="member: 35376">Agreed. But be careful with the media. Reading news or articles can easily distort someones viewpoint and decisions (old stock investing advice about news being &#039;noise&#039;). It does seem like malware authors are attacking commericial business more, than consumer (according to news). Another thing is, the news is more likely to run an article about a muti-million dollar hospital losing access to it&#039;s entire network, than grandma nanna losing her photos due to ransomware. This increase in news directed toward commercial (due to the shock factor), could give the reflection that malware is on the rise, but is it really? And even if it is, can &#039;said&#039; malware 123 infect my system (minus AVs) with the security updates I have installed? No one knows for sure, unless you run it and then dissect what it was allowed to do (which could be nothing).I think AV marketing is very similar to Insurance companies, they have to invoke fear for someone to see a purpose to justify buying, otherwise you wouldn&#039;t see a reason to buy meteor insurance, haha.AVs: Make malware the boogieman and make the boogieman feel like he&#039;s living in your closet, and people will buy.Insurance: Make Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tornados, Car Wrecks, Floods etc.&nbsp; the boogieman (which they can be) no matter the statistics and people will buy.With both of the above, you should use proper judgement to decide what you need, and what you don&#039;t. Like...where I live, I don&#039;t need earthquake insurance, but I know some poeple who buy it out of fear. Same with Flood Insurance. I don&#039;t need it because the probablity of my house flooding is next to none, but others pay large amounts to have it even though they are not in a flood zone.About the parents part, I agree 100%. But where I live, I see that reduction of malware due to their incresing use of mobiles such as Iphone. Things they do on a mobile now (browsing, email, etc) that they use to do on a PC. And their fear of breaking the PC, haha...I see that a lot.Haha, I started wondering off topic like always. I guess I&#039;m just trying to say it is all about probabilities based on your situation, and the risk you are willing to take. The problem is, we don&#039;t know how &#039;said&#039; antivirus will reduce that risk, until it happens (which may be never). Good post.Sorry Raiden, my mumbling wasn&#039;t directed entirely towards your post.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="motox781, post: 823718, member: 35376"] Agreed. But be careful with the media. Reading news or articles can easily distort someones viewpoint and decisions (old stock investing advice about news being 'noise'). It does seem like malware authors are attacking commericial business more, than consumer (according to news). Another thing is, the news is more likely to run an article about a muti-million dollar hospital losing access to it's entire network, than grandma nanna losing her photos due to ransomware. This increase in news directed toward commercial (due to the shock factor), could give the reflection that malware is on the rise, but is it really? And even if it is, can 'said' malware 123 infect my system (minus AVs) with the security updates I have installed? No one knows for sure, unless you run it and then dissect what it was allowed to do (which could be nothing). I think AV marketing is very similar to Insurance companies, they have to invoke fear for someone to see a purpose to justify buying, otherwise you wouldn't see a reason to buy meteor insurance, haha. [U]AVs[/U]: Make malware the boogieman and make the boogieman feel like he's living in your closet, and people will buy. [U]Insurance[/U]: Make Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Tornados, Car Wrecks, Floods etc. the boogieman (which they can be) no matter the statistics and people will buy. With both of the above, you should use proper judgement to decide what you need, and what you don't. Like...where I live, I don't need earthquake insurance, but I know some poeple who buy it out of fear. Same with Flood Insurance. I don't need it because the probablity of my house flooding is next to none, but others pay large amounts to have it even though they are not in a flood zone. About the parents part, I agree 100%. But where I live, I see that reduction of malware due to their incresing use of mobiles such as Iphone. Things they do on a mobile now (browsing, email, etc) that they use to do on a PC. And their fear of breaking the PC, haha...I see that a lot. Haha, I started wondering off topic like always. I guess I'm just trying to say it is all about probabilities based on your situation, and the risk you are willing to take. The problem is, we don't know how 'said' antivirus will reduce that risk, until it happens (which may be never). Good post. Sorry Raiden, my mumbling wasn't directed entirely towards your post. [/QUOTE]

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