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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 823721" data-attributes="member: 31436">I agree with all of that.&nbsp; These days I never get infected.&nbsp; I use antivirus software, but it only ever detects harmless PUPs and occasional false positives, but never anything that is actually harmful.&nbsp; So like you, I opt for a very light antivirus, as I don&#039;t feel the need to have the absolute best protection.&nbsp; I think that the only time I would encounter actual malware, is if a download server gets hacked and a legitimate installer gets replaced with malware or is modified to include malware.&nbsp; For this reason, I find it reassuring to be running antivirus software, even if I feel that for the most part it is not needed, just in case I end up with a malicious download from a trusted site.&nbsp; From time to time, I&#039;m emailed malware.&nbsp; But I never open email attachments, from emails I was not expecting, so I&#039;m will never actually open the infected attachments.I&#039;ve never had much time for HIPS or similar software, due to either excessive alerts, or blocking legitimate software until I manually whitelist it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do sometimes get some alerts from the behaviour blocker in my antivirus, when installing software.&nbsp; But it&#039;s not enough to be an annoyance and at least, it never blocks anything unless I allow it to.It&#039;s been a very long time since I&#039;ve been infected.&nbsp; To which people will say, you can&#039;t be sure of that.&nbsp; Maybe you were infected and just didn&#039;t know.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure of not being infected, because, at times I&#039;ve run various malware scans and nothing has been detected other than PUPs that I&#039;ve installed myself and false positives.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 823721, member: 31436"] I agree with all of that. These days I never get infected. I use antivirus software, but it only ever detects harmless PUPs and occasional false positives, but never anything that is actually harmful. So like you, I opt for a very light antivirus, as I don't feel the need to have the absolute best protection. I think that the only time I would encounter actual malware, is if a download server gets hacked and a legitimate installer gets replaced with malware or is modified to include malware. For this reason, I find it reassuring to be running antivirus software, even if I feel that for the most part it is not needed, just in case I end up with a malicious download from a trusted site. From time to time, I'm emailed malware. But I never open email attachments, from emails I was not expecting, so I'm will never actually open the infected attachments. I've never had much time for HIPS or similar software, due to either excessive alerts, or blocking legitimate software until I manually whitelist it. I do sometimes get some alerts from the behaviour blocker in my antivirus, when installing software. But it's not enough to be an annoyance and at least, it never blocks anything unless I allow it to. It's been a very long time since I've been infected. To which people will say, you can't be sure of that. Maybe you were infected and just didn't know. I'm sure of not being infected, because, at times I've run various malware scans and nothing has been detected other than PUPs that I've installed myself and false positives. [/QUOTE]

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