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You just need the built-in Defender if you don't tread uncharted waters. On the other hand, even if you just stick to OS App Stores and popular github repos, yo
by abhinavk 2y ago
You just need the built-in Defender if you don't tread uncharted waters. On the other hand, even if you just stick to OS App Stores and popular github repos, you can still get infected without an antivirus. There are malware in Windows Store.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/comments/1c690so/learned_a_lesson_never_trust_random_ass_apps_on/ https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/comments/1c690so/learned_...
- IshKebab 2y agoDepends what you mean by "tread uncharted waters". In my experience just browsing the web in Chrome is totally fine even on torrent sites (at least mainstream ones). Chrome vulnerabilities at this point are far too valuable to use indiscriminately. They'll be sold on the grey market to be used against journalists in the middle east or whatever. Even downloading films from bittorrent and playing them in VLC seems to be safe too, even though I would have thought that was an obvious attack vector. Maybe the social aspect if bittorrent helps a bit there. I think the most likely ways to get infected these days are by falling for fake download sites, and maybe cracked games, though I don't play those so I'm not sure.