Never in those 20 years did I need one on Windows either. It turns out if you vet the software you install in the first place, malware is pretty rare. That isn'

Never in those 20 years did I need one on Windows either. It turns out if you vet the software you install in the first place, malware is pretty rare. That isn't the bar for most regular users of software though. Working in retail tech support, we got folks bringing in their new macbooks, freshly ruined by new ransomware, utterly baffled that it was possible at all. But when you're trying to use Photoshop without paying... well, shady stuff's still out there.