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That might have been Jeff Atwood. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html I haven't run an
by swilliams 18y ago
That might have been Jeff Atwood. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000803.html
I haven't run an AV on the computers I use the most in a couple of years, and have had no infections. I don't download warez, surf "questionable" sites, and don't open email attachments unless I'm expecting them (and these days most attachments can be viewed in google docs first). I only use IE to view my employer's Exchange based webmail and to test HTML I'm writing. I do run Vista with UAC on.
If I do encounter a file that I need to open that may be questionable, I fire up a VM with AVG and test it out.
For me, the performance penalty for an always on Anti Virus is too much for what it provides. For my parents, I make sure they have the latest updates to their AV software 24/7.