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I haven't used antivirus software in over a decade. I consider them to be viruses themselves. Most of them are written by ex-hackers. My solution is to use Linu
by cryptica 5y ago
I haven't used antivirus software in over a decade. I consider them to be viruses themselves. Most of them are written by ex-hackers. My solution is to use Linux and to only download files I trust.
- dspillett 5y ago> and to only download files I trust That works for those of us with a bit of knowledge. Unfortunately it is hard for those who don't have time to, or don't want to, build that experience. How do they know what can and can't be trusted? Many bad downloads should be obvious to even a half-wit (and I'm not above unsympathetically sniggering when someone I know falls for them) but many are more clever, or difficult to avoid once you've fallen in to the trap. > use Linux That won't protect the inexperienced user from everything, by any measure.
- adxl 5y agoAnd if you must run windows for some specific program then run it on Linux in VirtualBox and only run that program. When finished with the program (tax software and other related for me) shut down VirtualBox. Keep snapshots and backups of your work from VirtualBox and you will most likely have no problems.