just applying common sense to your browsing/downloading habits renders you 99.9999% safe from any of this bullshit
I do find it rather strange that humans expect humans to behave in ways that they don't. Do you also tell water that it would be much better if it ran uphill instead?
I think you overestimate the degree to which "sensible" browsing will protect you. I might go a high as 90%, which is no small advantage. Of course if by sensible browsing you mean avoiding browsers that allow javascript and never downloading anything executable, then I'd go as high as 99.9%.
Meaning yes, it's probably quite sufficient for most people except those into warez and those who don't use something like noscript to block scripts by default, and avoid websites that try to force the issue unless you absolutely need them for a particular purpose (that 0.1%)
Of course, I wouldn't recommend doing banking online either. May be a convenience, but even with an antivirus there's a good chance you'll get hit by the Brand New Stuff like everyone else until they can retro-actively make their progra
Once upon a time I worked in some institution that had access to the corporate network only. We bought a new notebook, attached it to the network and did nothing more. It became infected in 15 minutes. Were we the other 0.0001%?
Yet another reason to not waste your money on "virus protection." Use the free Windows Defender if you must, and make sure you have good backups.
I stopped using AV about 10 years ago after numerous performance issues with flaky AV products. 10 years on and no issues! Sensible browsing/downloading/email behaviour is 99% of the battle
Do you backup your stuff? I do, two different external drives and they are switched into the safe. So does my wife and it has saved our butt. I have to admit, the Mac backup really is great. We blew a disk drive. They replaced it, loaded the OS and I think about 3 hours or so later it was all back exactly as it was. She had an up to date backup, no loss at all. We were even on vacation.
I can get my Linux desktop back, no where near as easy though.
Virus Protection is So Good (Score:5, Insightful)
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just applying common sense to your browsing/downloading habits renders you 99.9999% safe from any of this bullshit
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just applying common sense to your browsing/downloading habits renders you 99.9999% safe from any of this bullshit
I do find it rather strange that humans expect humans to behave in ways that they don't. Do you also tell water that it would be much better if it ran uphill instead?
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I think you overestimate the degree to which "sensible" browsing will protect you. I might go a high as 90%, which is no small advantage. Of course if by sensible browsing you mean avoiding browsers that allow javascript and never downloading anything executable, then I'd go as high as 99.9%.
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And also disable plugins of course. I think the vulnerability rate of Flash or Java is higher than most JavaScript engines at the moment
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Meaning yes, it's probably quite sufficient for most people except those into warez and those who don't use something like noscript to block scripts by default, and avoid websites that try to force the issue unless you absolutely need them for a particular purpose (that 0.1%)
Of course, I wouldn't recommend doing banking online either. May be a convenience, but even with an antivirus there's a good chance you'll get hit by the Brand New Stuff like everyone else until they can retro-actively make their progra
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Once upon a time I worked in some institution that had access to the corporate network only. We bought a new notebook, attached it to the network and did nothing more. It became infected in 15 minutes. Were we the other 0.0001%?
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Yet another reason to not waste your money on "virus protection." Use the free Windows Defender if you must, and make sure you have good backups.
I stopped using AV about 10 years ago after numerous performance issues with flaky AV products. 10 years on and no issues! Sensible browsing/downloading/email behaviour is 99% of the battle
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Do you backup your stuff? I do, two different external drives and they are switched into the safe. So does my wife and it has saved our butt.
I have to admit, the Mac backup really is great. We blew a disk drive. They replaced it, loaded the OS and I think about 3 hours or so later it was all back exactly as it was. She had an up to date backup, no loss at all. We were even on vacation.
I can get my Linux desktop back, no where near as easy though.