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Is antivirus software necessary in 2020?
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<blockquote data-quote="struppigel" data-source="post: 893998" data-attributes="member: 86910"><p>I only see a few use cases were you don't need any AV.</p><p>Those that come in my mind:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Computer is never connected to the Internet and usually doesn't share any files with any other system</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Computer has an OS that is not well supported by AV programs (I don't mean outdated OS like Win XP, in that case you have entirely different problems)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Computer is used to run and analyse malware (in that case it should preferably not be connected to the internet as well)</li> </ol><p>I do wonder about people saying they are smart enough to never get infected. How do you know that you never get infected if you don't have an AV to tell you about the infection? Infections are not always noticable. You might go on for years with an infection on a system. If an AV is installed, it will eventually find it, even if it slipped through initially.</p><p></p><p>I think most people overestimate themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="struppigel, post: 893998, member: 86910"] I only see a few use cases were you don't need any AV. Those that come in my mind: [LIST=1] [*]Computer is never connected to the Internet and usually doesn't share any files with any other system [*]Computer has an OS that is not well supported by AV programs (I don't mean outdated OS like Win XP, in that case you have entirely different problems) [*]Computer is used to run and analyse malware (in that case it should preferably not be connected to the internet as well) [/LIST] I do wonder about people saying they are smart enough to never get infected. How do you know that you never get infected if you don't have an AV to tell you about the infection? Infections are not always noticable. You might go on for years with an infection on a system. If an AV is installed, it will eventually find it, even if it slipped through initially. I think most people overestimate themselves. [/QUOTE]
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