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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 938832">I won&#039;t lie I too am getting tired of sounding like a broken record. I feel that no matter how many times you say &quot;there are multiple options to choose from, just use what works for you,&quot; many still just don&#039;t get it. There truly is no such thing a perfect security program. ALL security programs can miss malware, be bypassed, disabled, or whatever...hackers can be very determined when they want to be and no amount of 100% test results is ever going to change that.It is in our nature as security geeks to obsess over these things at times...however, there comes a point where it does get a little sensational. I really wish that people would stop obsessing over tests, or a single aspect of a test and look at the bigger picture. Again I am going to sound like a broken record, but alas here it is...your overall security will largely be determined by your overall computing hygiene. Poor hygiene will lead to infection and problems, it&#039;s only a matter of time. Good hygiene will reduce your risk far greater than any security program will. Doesn&#039;t mean it still can&#039;t happen, but the chances will be significantly lower than those putting all of their hopes in a security program/setup and following poor hygiene.If you just go around clicking/installing anything/everything, when your time does come and you loose all of your data because you didn&#039;t back it up, does it matter now that the AV you were using got 96% on an offline test? No it doesn&#039;t because your data is gone and it&#039;s not coming back, but don&#039;t worry it got 96% offline so how is this possible?<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤯" title="Exploding head&nbsp; &nbsp; :exploding_head:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f92f.png" data-shortname=":exploding_head:" />How about that, even the testing organization is saying to take these tests with a grain of salt, look at the bigger picture and to essentially say that no product if perfect, use the one that best suites your needs.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite132" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure&nbsp; &nbsp; :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 938832"] I won't lie I too am getting tired of sounding like a broken record. I feel that no matter how many times you say "there are multiple options to choose from, just use what works for you," many still just don't get it. There truly is no such thing a perfect security program. ALL security programs can miss malware, be bypassed, disabled, or whatever...hackers can be very determined when they want to be and no amount of 100% test results is ever going to change that. It is in our nature as security geeks to obsess over these things at times...however, there comes a point where it does get a little sensational. I really wish that people would stop obsessing over tests, or a single aspect of a test and look at the bigger picture. Again I am going to sound like a broken record, but alas here it is...your overall security will largely be determined by your overall computing hygiene. Poor hygiene will lead to infection and problems, it's only a matter of time. Good hygiene will reduce your risk far greater than any security program will. Doesn't mean it still can't happen, but the chances will be significantly lower than those putting all of their hopes in a security program/setup and following poor hygiene. If you just go around clicking/installing anything/everything, when your time does come and you loose all of your data because you didn't back it up, does it matter now that the AV you were using got 96% on an offline test? No it doesn't because your data is gone and it's not coming back, but don't worry it got 96% offline so how is this possible?🤯 How about that, even the testing organization is saying to take these tests with a grain of salt, look at the bigger picture and to essentially say that no product if perfect, use the one that best suites your needs.:unsure: [/QUOTE]

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