Advice Request If the world was a good place all the time would you run your PC without any security software ?

[ng4ever]

I know this is a weird question.

 

[Bryan320]

Well if you think of it this way back in 2005-2010 we got charged for antivirus software we didn't have all these "free options" We had avg back then. They had no rootkit detection in free version which was useless in the windows XP days. We still got charged for antivirus software that would fail just like todays. at least now we don't have to pay to be "protected" today if we get infected we just embrace the "suck"

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Yeah since if its good place all the time there won't be bad guys making malware in the 1st place so no need to waste resources by using any security software.

 

[mazskolnieces]

I know this is a weird question.

Only paranoids worry about it. There is a huge amount of paranoia on forums like this driven by those that pay attention to click-bait IT security news and fret over lab test results.

Being paranoid is not a mature security postion.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

In that nice world, software would be secure by default so no one need care about.

Being paranoid is not a mature security postion

Stay secure, not paranoid ™

 

[Cortex]

Unfortunately the world isn't a good place so I take reasonable precautions to prevent data loss & snooping - If I'd taken better precautions in other departments I wouldn't have 4 children & 8 grandchildren & lots of in-laws, a bit of paranoia there may have been a good idea - Never had an infection at large I'm aware of since I started using PC's

 

[Jan Willy]

There is a huge amount of paranoia on forums like this

Paranoid people on this forum don't hurt you, at most they hurt themselves.

 

[Arequire]

If by 'good' you mean a world without crime, it'd depend on how this crimeless society is maintained as to whether I choose to run security software or not.

 

[shmu26]

The world is a good place but I still take security precautions

 

[Azure]

In that nice world, software would be secure by default so no one need care about.


Stay secure, not paranoid ™

Even more than that, in that world you wouldn't even security in the first place.

 

[show-Zi]

I will certainly introduce security software to make sure I am safe.

This is an interesting discussion for the Japanese. Is defense necessary in an attack-free world? No conclusion has been reached in Japan yet.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Unfortunately will never happen.

 

[FireHammer]

Hi, no chance I would run my Notebook without BTS+Syshardener+Voodoo-Shield+HitmanPro+Malwarebytes Free+Norton Power Eraser & Emsisoft Emergency Kit, and of course Acronis True Image 2021, then I feel relatively safe, and then again: No the world is I am afraid not Disney-Land.

 

[ng4ever]

Hi, no chance I would run my Notebook without BTS+Syshardener+Voodoo-Shield+HitmanPro+Malwarebytes Free+Norton Power Eraser & Emsisoft Emergency Kit, and of course Acronis True Image 2021, then I feel relatively safe, and then again: No the world is I am afraid not Disney-Land.

 

[Behold Eck]

What would Leo then have to say as everything now is "secure"?

Regards Eck

 

[Dave Russo]

Unfortunately will never happen.

Isn't that the truth

 

[bribon77]

If the world were a good place all the time, could you use your PC without any security software?
That doesn't only happen on PCs, if not in your own house we need locks, on the street you have to cross at the zebra crossing and look at the traffic lights.
Life is like that, but you don't have to be paranoid either