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<blockquote data-quote="ebocious" data-source="post: 833296" data-attributes="member: 75834"><p>That's what I was afraid of. I understand this is "rare" for home users, but not impossible. With evolving AI malware in the wild now, what was "rare" yesterday will be ubiquitous tomorrow. That's why I don't want to give users a lasting false sense of security by saying all bases are covered, when they're really not.</p><p></p><p>People are NOT safe with AV + good browsing habits. I know this from personal experience. I had a fully up-to-date system and up-to-date 3-pronged security suite provided by my ISP in October of 2006. And next thing I knew, SQL Slammer and Stack Bot were all over us. I reimaged my system three times, only to get reinfected again within minutes each time. I stopped it by adding ISS BlackICE. Paranoia is better than overconfidence IMO.</p><p></p><p>MT doesn't exist to assure people that all you need to do is install AV and don't visit any dodgy websites. If you have any real experience, then you know as well as I that most infections come not from bad websites, but from good websites that were hacked by a third party. So safe browsing habits don't cut it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ebocious, post: 833296, member: 75834"] That's what I was afraid of. I understand this is "rare" for home users, but not impossible. With evolving AI malware in the wild now, what was "rare" yesterday will be ubiquitous tomorrow. That's why I don't want to give users a lasting false sense of security by saying all bases are covered, when they're really not. People are NOT safe with AV + good browsing habits. I know this from personal experience. I had a fully up-to-date system and up-to-date 3-pronged security suite provided by my ISP in October of 2006. And next thing I knew, SQL Slammer and Stack Bot were all over us. I reimaged my system three times, only to get reinfected again within minutes each time. I stopped it by adding ISS BlackICE. Paranoia is better than overconfidence IMO. MT doesn't exist to assure people that all you need to do is install AV and don't visit any dodgy websites. If you have any real experience, then you know as well as I that most infections come not from bad websites, but from good websites that were hacked by a third party. So safe browsing habits don't cut it. [/QUOTE]
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