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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 808461"><p>Well to be fair, anyone can get infected with any AV. Personally I don’t think it’s necessarily worse than 3rd parties. To be honest if you practice unsafe habits your playing with fire and eventually your luck will run out. IMO changing AV products without changing your habits is still playing with fire and gives a false sense of security. Sure it may do a slightly better job, but you can’t guarantee it won’t happen again.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a good reason why security could/should be tailored to specific uses. There’s no one security fits all. Your examples prove that those poor security behaviours are fairly common place where you live. They may be better off with avast and or kaspersky, but there’s no guarantee that they will be protected every time. I’m not arguing with you just playing devils advocate <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I’ve said this in another thread, but I think justifying using a certain product because you use poor security habits isn’t really the best approach, as it too will fail at some point. Personally we should b asking people to change their habits, not say well if you use this product, you can do what ever you want, because it really is a false sense of security. Again just playing devils advocate.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually this is one of the reasons i like WD over 3rd parties as I don’t need it to tell me its doing something. Sitting quietly in the background is how it should be IMO. Constantly telling me it’s doing something is an annoyance and IMO is trying to justify their existence. Their UI is a little clunky, but how much time does one spend really spend in their AV UI? Again just playing devils advocate here.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 808461"] Well to be fair, anyone can get infected with any AV. Personally I don’t think it’s necessarily worse than 3rd parties. To be honest if you practice unsafe habits your playing with fire and eventually your luck will run out. IMO changing AV products without changing your habits is still playing with fire and gives a false sense of security. Sure it may do a slightly better job, but you can’t guarantee it won’t happen again. This is a good reason why security could/should be tailored to specific uses. There’s no one security fits all. Your examples prove that those poor security behaviours are fairly common place where you live. They may be better off with avast and or kaspersky, but there’s no guarantee that they will be protected every time. I’m not arguing with you just playing devils advocate ;) I’ve said this in another thread, but I think justifying using a certain product because you use poor security habits isn’t really the best approach, as it too will fail at some point. Personally we should b asking people to change their habits, not say well if you use this product, you can do what ever you want, because it really is a false sense of security. Again just playing devils advocate.:) Actually this is one of the reasons i like WD over 3rd parties as I don’t need it to tell me its doing something. Sitting quietly in the background is how it should be IMO. Constantly telling me it’s doing something is an annoyance and IMO is trying to justify their existence. Their UI is a little clunky, but how much time does one spend really spend in their AV UI? Again just playing devils advocate here.:) [/QUOTE]
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