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TheAnimatrix
5y

I don't use an antivirus and I probably never will.

I'll share two experiences from two different people to provide you people some base.

Firstly, this friend of mine wants to learn Android. He doesn't even have chrome installed. So I'm like let's get you a decent browser. I open the website to Firefox and I'm ready to install it.

He stops me.
He says don't install anything this isn't my laptop it's my father's and it'll get a virus.
*Facepalm*
I assure you it won't get a virus. You already have a fucking premium anti whatever the fuck suite installed so why are you worried?

Viruses are intelligent they can get anywhere. The argument was proving a waste of time besides I realized I had the files on my computer and just needed to transfer them via a thumb drive or something.

I bring over my thumb drive. Mr.viral fuck here is so shocked I thought his balls fell off. No! He doesn't want a thumb drive either, apparently they carry and generate viruses.

At this point I gave up to retain my health in the long run.

You know what I ain't going to share the other experience cause it's even more messed up.

Seriously what's with the paranoia ? I never have used an antivirus ever on my Windows installation and have never gotten infected by one either. How the fuck do people get infected by them ? I'm seriously missing something here.

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  • 0
    5y
    The other experience has to do with a person getting his MacBook infected with whatever he calls a virus. I'm not sure how he managed to do it. I haven't seen it but he's very cautious now. He doesn't even go on the internet on that laptop.
  • 0
    5y
    @jespersh what gave that off ? I'm 20 tho
  • 1
    5y
    @jespersh it's a bit difficult when they want you to do something without "installing" anything
  • 1
    5y
    Actually u lost me at the point when u started fronting Firefox. U can front whatever browser u want, but not firefox. Chrome is nice, no doubt, but I would never claim, Firefox is not.
  • 1
    5y
    @caap so you lost me where I pick a browser ? Do you understand that in itself is irrelevant to what I'm trying to describe. I didn't ask for a browser standoff man please don't start one.
  • 1
    5y
    @TheAnimatrix ofc not, but if u start fronting other preferences u have to be aware of causing a debate. Thats the point.
  • 0
    5y
    @Loeina malware is a little harder but you can find out very quickly if you suspect adware or ransomware from the task manager. Spyware well you could always switch to Linux since Windows ....
  • 0
    5y
    @caap Arguments please? I hate chrome with a passion which is public knowledge but I do provide arguments/reasons.

    Love Firefox by the way and yes, I do use Chromium sometimes but not chrome. Nope.
  • 1
    5y
    @Loeina Was going to say this as well :)

    As for the rant, I've got a heavily locked down Linux system which also runs antivirus, yes.
    Why? Because Linux isn't immune to viruses and people make mistakes, so why not use it when it's available? It provides extra security :)
  • 1
    5y
    @linuxxx I actually like the way firefox works since qualcomm. No crashes, its fast, i trust the company behind more than google, and I can open a huge amount of tabs, without messing around with slowdowns. (Last one is probably a really subjective standpoint)

    Chrome just works. I install it and everything works on every platform out of the box. But I dont feel that convenient with it. It feels way clunkier in every other way, i dont really know why. it eats way more cpu power than firefox (on my systems at least, except for android). I dont really use chrome that much, not even on my smartphone.

    Chromium is my preference on linux systems and for development stuff. NoChromo for Android. For everthing else i use firefox.
  • 1
    5y
    @caap I've sadly had chrome installed for a while, I wouldn't install it for the life of me, now.
  • 0
    5y
    @linuxxx unfortunately i cant search ur profile for ur trauma, so in really short words, that dont escalate in a reopening of old scars, what happened?
  • 1
    5y
    You lost me at “don’t have antivirus”, “never had a virus”

    You can’t prove the lack of malicious code without the tools to check for them in the first place.

    Not all virus are destructive, some are just intended for remote access.
  • 0
    5y
    @C0D4 in my comment i did mention that, spyware is generally difficult to find. However you could run checks with some sort of free software like the malwarebytes free edition.
  • 1
    5y
    @caap Oh no scars really, it's just that (combination of googles way of working and the 2013 snowden leaks) I see Google as nothing more than a mass surveillance/spy company and thus I'd consider anything they publish (software) which is closed source to be malware.
  • 0
    5y
    @TheAnimatrix And that, my friend, is a form of anti virus. (malware bytes)
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