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I'm finding it harder and harder to understand why I should ever install software that hooks into my OS on multiple levels and opens holes to the outside world
by zymhan 11y ago
I'm finding it harder and harder to understand why I should ever install software that hooks into my OS on multiple levels and opens holes to the outside world without any notification in the name of "security"
- SignMeTheHELLUp 11y agoYou shouldn't. Antivirus is a relic of the early 2000's.
- cenal 11y agoThis is basically my stance at this point.
- Eduard 11y agoYeah, like condoms...
- SignMeTheHELLUp 11y agoNo, not like condoms. If STDs became blockable with common sense and condoms started shipping with perforations and prickles on the inside then yes, but that's not the case is it.
- paulddraper 11y agoI think he was trying to draw an analogy between installing untrusted software, and getting intimate with untrusted people. Both are avoidable. One obvious difference is that the consequences of mistakes can be higher for STDs then for infected computers, but that's the analogy.
- nly 11y agoCondoms also prevent pregnancy. This comparison is ridiculous.
- sarciszewski 11y agoLet me back this comment up with some reading material and useful resources: http://decentsecurity.com/about/ http://decentsecurity.com/about/ (This entire website) https://www.microsoft.com/emet https://www.microsoft.com/emet (for Windows) https://paragonie.com/blog/2015/06/guide-securing-your-business-s-online-presence-for-non-experts https://paragonie.com/blog/2015/06/guide-securing-your-busin... (basic web security advice for non-technical people) You don't need AntiVirus.
- ucho 11y agoI it is not that we don't need it but it is finally obvious that there is no reliable way to detect harmful software. All we are left with is putting each and every application in sandbox, unable to interact with any other software or user data. It is just very hard to make that user friendly and acceptable for average Joe.
- WorldMaker 11y agoThe DOJ statute of limitations preventing AV from being an OS component has run out, so now, properly, AV is again a background OS component and the third parties are more and more proven to be snake oil salesmen.