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<blockquote data-quote="Victor M" data-source="post: 1114114" data-attributes="member: 96560">[USER=97339]@TuxTalk[/USER]I have had malware infections, but that was during windows xp days; when peer to peer file sharing got started: kazaar, edonkey etc.Yes I agree with you that it has been a long while since I had any malware infection. I am no longer the same me as when I was young when I liked to try out new software.I suppose a lot of people have bad memories of those xp days and peer to peer file sharing, and the memories of those days drive us to buy anti-malware. But&nbsp; I also suppose a lot of younger people go thru that phase of trying out lots of new software, doing bittorrent. Or they learned about phishing the hard way. Then they get stung, and learn to be more security concious.I guess lots of different people have lots of different life experiences that drive them to be security concious and adpot stringent security configuration practices. So I wouldn&#039;t label them as paranoid.But it is also good to self assess your current activities and if your behavior is no longer as risky as before, then you don&#039;t necessarily need to spend money on a third party AV. But as to doing secure configurations, it is free, all you use is your own time, and I consider it insurance for the day when I make a careless security mistake and, lets say, fall for a phishing attempt. I am still human after all, and the weakest security link is between the computer and the chair.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victor M, post: 1114114, member: 96560"] [USER=97339]@TuxTalk[/USER] I have had malware infections, but that was during windows xp days; when peer to peer file sharing got started: kazaar, edonkey etc. Yes I agree with you that it has been a long while since I had any malware infection. I am no longer the same me as when I was young when I liked to try out new software. I suppose a lot of people have bad memories of those xp days and peer to peer file sharing, and the memories of those days drive us to buy anti-malware. But I also suppose a lot of younger people go thru that phase of trying out lots of new software, doing bittorrent. Or they learned about phishing the hard way. Then they get stung, and learn to be more security concious. I guess lots of different people have lots of different life experiences that drive them to be security concious and adpot stringent security configuration practices. So I wouldn't label them as paranoid. But it is also good to self assess your current activities and if your behavior is no longer as risky as before, then you don't necessarily need to spend money on a third party AV. But as to doing secure configurations, it is free, all you use is your own time, and I consider it insurance for the day when I make a careless security mistake and, lets say, fall for a phishing attempt. I am still human after all, and the weakest security link is between the computer and the chair. [/QUOTE]

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