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Overall a good resource but please no to "antivirus" software like McAfee. Absolutely horrible and makes it worse.

• cwyers 8y ago
  Yeah, the antivirus recommendation sticks out like a sore thumb, and makes me wonder if anyone with a good background in security vetted the rest of it.
• Sushi-san 8y ago
  The only program of that nature I would recommend is MalwareBytes.
• streetchase 8y ago
  I’ve found that most antivirus software is just bloat.
• ozim 8y ago
  Ok so you have kids who play say Minecraft, they download all mods they can in zipfiles and install all the other games packs from weird internet forums. What is bigger threat and attack vector, McAfee, Symantec or modding forums for 10 year old? For me installing AV is silly I don't download and run random crap from internet that friend from school also installed. But If I would have kids having installed AV and updated is quite good idea. I also wonder all time how my non technical close ones break their computers, I don't know what they are clicking but I do not get unusable windows 10 every 3 months. My gf is not technical but she almost never install anything on her laptop and it works fine, so for this one I am quite happy.
  • astura 8y ago
    Is McAfee really better than Windows Defender in this use case though?