That is: you trust with your life to identify the malware and prevent the gun from going off? You only have one try.
Question You have a gun against your temple, it goes off if the unknown file you are about to click is malware. Which antimalware solution do you trust?
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The power button
To Life or to the PC?
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Well the latter of course because if it was the former I would just choose the weakest av.
VPN; if using VPN from the beginning, this sociopath would be able to reach you and point the gun to your head.
Having worked in the AV industry and I got only one option in this scenario, up to this day I'll put my trust in Kaspersky.
You are on VPN but the VPN is provided by North Korea.
If you are running Windows then the solution is already 50% there. /if you make a mistake at least you have a place to fall out off.
K app control specifically; any AV, including K, can miss a sample, without app control.
You are on VPN, but the VPN is provided by.... Oh!
That's why I don't trust any VPN beyond just identifying to a website a location that's not me. The only time I use VPN is when attempting to book a flight. Depending on the airline and where you are flying to; some airlines offer cheaper ticket prices if booked from the host country you are flying to.
VPN's are private for those folks who have nothing major to hide. If you are a dissident or reporting on something nefarious regarding a country whilst still residing in that country then I wouldn't touch any VPN with a 12 parsec pole (or any other European).
North Korea where the country's obesity problem is limited to a single person.Then it is a good chance to let him/her visit Pyongyang
Well, there's always this:
I trust myself.
Common sense won't help you if a malicious update gets installed (like what happened with ccleaner and led to 2.3 million infected users).
thehackernews.com
Personally, I'd choose Kaspersky.
CCleaner Attack Timeline—Here's How Hackers Infected 2.3 Million PCs
Here's a brief timeline of CCleaner supply chain malware attack, explaining how and when hackers infected millions of computers.
thehackernews.com
Personally, I'd choose Kaspersky.
Extremely rare incident; never got tampered installer from official websites before.Common sense won't help you if a malicious update gets installed (like what happened with ccleaner and led to 2.3 million infected users).
CCleaner Attack Timeline—Here's How Hackers Infected 2.3 Million PCs
Here's a brief timeline of CCleaner supply chain malware attack, explaining how and when hackers infected millions of computers.
Personally, I'd choose Kaspersky.
The chance getting tricked in phishing page is 1000 times more frequent than such attack, which will be prevented by common sense, K rarely help with phishing, especially fresh pages.
It was a valid occurrence which proves that no matter how knowledgeable or careful you are, you will never be %100 secure.
Speaking about K, it once detected Ulaa browser installer downloaded from Ulaa official website as a malware and reverted back the whole installation process.
Checked the installer by several reputable AVs; no detection.
One nice FP by K system watcher ruining my installation experience.
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