> I don't even understand why people use antivirus software. I don't understand how you can be even the littlest bit technically literate and not know several

> I don't even understand why people use antivirus software. I don't understand how you can be even the littlest bit technically literate and not know several answers to this question 1) legitimate software you normally use gets compromised. See ccleaner 2) in the IoT era, there are multiple ingress and lateral move pivot points in networks, like smart tvs 3) aside from malware, there are lots of PUPs that get bundled and eventually end up on computers 4) phishing is still a thing. Legitimate email accounts get compromised (database breaches, eg) and _people you know_ can send you viruses that look barely out of the ordinary. It happened to my users today Even if you have gateway/hardware antivirus, defense in depth is still a thing. Dont ever tell people not to have anti-virus, thats terrible advice