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This guy is just some YouTuber, right? I appreciate a website devoted to documenting the privacy nightmare and helping people with settings, but this is just b
by jonstewart 3y ago
This guy is just some YouTuber, right?
I appreciate a website devoted to documenting the privacy nightmare and helping people with settings, but this is just bad advice. I work in the incident response field; yes, you need A/V.
- magicalhippo 3y agoHopefully things have improved, but back in 2014 Joxean Koret held a quite interesting presentation[1][2] on how a large number of AV engines had serious flaws, including privilege escalations and remote exploits. I consider uBlock Origin to be my primary "antivirus" software, though having had some infections back in the DOS days and some scares later, it feels wrong running without anything else. [1]: https://ia804703.us.archive.org/14/items/CIAVAULT7PDFFILES/2014_EN_BreakingAVSoftware_JoxeanKoret.pdf https://ia804703.us.archive.org/14/items/CIAVAULT7PDFFILES/2... (slides) [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxtcQmZnK0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxtcQmZnK0
- jonstewart 3y agoOh, not all AV is created equal and even with the good ones, sure, they're fallible. But there are still many, many incidents where people get exploited by basic malware that most AV would stop. I would not actively recommend _against_ AV.