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Why antivirus?

• cpach 3y ago
  Many of those companies don’t know what they’re doing. They make the computer less secure instead of more secure.
• mikewarot 3y ago
  In order to have a 100% effective AntiVirus program, you'd effectively have to be able to solve the halting problem, and predict the behavior of every program before you ran it. If, instead, the Operating System did its job, and enforced the choices of the user, we wouldn't be in this pickle.
  • pawelduda 3y ago
    Maybe nowadays it's not required. Back when I used Windows XP connected to the Internet, it was mandatory. Ofc it wasn't better than common sense but it saved me a lot of times.
  • quickthrower2 3y ago
    It is still defense in depth though? Having email attachments run though AV is going to save someones ass even if said person should be cognisant of phishing attacks.