Who actually uses Antivirus?

[KeeperOfThePizza]

I never use anti virus at all, I dont feel it's necessary. I mean if you know what your doing and what your downloading I think your safe.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Just about as clever as the post immediately above yours.

Ya hotdog is also the same person who once said in a thread that he doesn't install updates, and wasn't using Sp2.

[IceDogg]

List of sites about my previously mentions concerns (IFRAME SEO Poisoning Attacks) about running with NO AV.

List: USAToday.com, ABCNews.com, News.com, Target.com, Packard Bell.com, Walmart.com, Rediff.com, MiamiHerald.com, Bloomingdales.com, PatentStorm.us, WebShots.com, Sears.com, Forbes.com, Ugo.com, Bartleby.com, Linkedwords.com, Circuitcity.com, Allwords.com, Blogdigger.com, Epinions.com, Buyersindex.com, Jcpenney.com, Nakido.com, Uvm.edu, hobbes.nmsu.edu, jurist.law.pitt.edu, boisestate.edu.

[idoia]

no uac, no av, no firewall, no nothing, every 2/3 months I try some av sofware and so far no viruses ZERO

mostly spyware cookies

[notta]

When you run around with loose women you use a condom right?

[aakash_007]

here too no a/v, firewal or UAC.. i have my own virus tool kit to remove malware, there after effectx.

give it a try-> http://aakash-bapna.blogspot.com/2008/03/v...ature-than.html

ProcessExplorer by sysinternals can by very helpful many a times-

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb896653.aspx

[Lingwo]

I run an anti-virus mainly because i paid for it for a year and want to get my moneys worth.

I've never had a virus before so i don't think i need it but my PC is more than enough to handle another low memory process.

[BoJo]

I love threads like this - they just make me feel all warm inside about having a mac :p

[hotdog666al]

Just about as clever as the post immediately above yours.

Clever or not, I don't have any virus related issues with my computers. Ha. ;)

Ya hotdog is also the same person who once said in a thread that he doesn't install updates, and wasn't using Sp2.

I have SP2, but I don't update, for reasons I'm not allowed to discuss here!

[getmeawhopper]

I have SP2, but I don't update, for reasons I'm not allowed to discuss here!

Me too, I'd rather masturbate than click the Update button.

[hotdog666al]

Me too, I'd rather masturbate than click the Update button.

...Update Button? :p

:shiftyninja:

[PricklyPoo]

I never use antivirus....

I used to get a virus every 6 months or so but in the last few years I haven't really gotten any. Either I'm getting smarter or the viruses are getting dumber. :p

[Shaymaa]

yeah you are right but..

i rarly caught virus , may be 4 or 5 times in 7 years ..i know well what i'm doing but last one was by flash driver from a friend so ? antivirus is a must never trust anything from other friends that's what i learnt:D

[Quillz]

I use Avast! to scan for viruses on occasion, but I don't load it on boot or have it running when I'm not using it.

Personally, I think social engineering like phishing is more of a danger to most people than most malware.

I agree. Phising is much more dangerous, as giving out your credit card info to scammers can do damage, both online and offline. But remember that a virus is any program that does an unwanted effect. Theoretically, a virus would be something that launched Firefox on startup everytime I turned on my computer. It's unwanted, so it's a virus.

The point is, most viruses aren't really all that bad, just annoying. The real threats are trojan horses, phising and other data harvesting services.

With all that in mind, I do run AVG Free Edition, but that's it. Don't really need much more than that, as I've never had a virus, not even way back in the Win95/98 days.

[Cubix]

I use antivirus just to be sure I am not infected

[Starbuck84]

I use Anti-Vir from Avira, the free edition. The only reason why I have an anti-virus running is to be sure, maybe it's more of a mindset than an actual help, since I never had any virus, not even in the old "floppy days" :)

[furyshinobi]

For macs, no.

For Windows, yes. I mostly uses Avast Home just in case :)

[cork1958]

I never run AV in real time, but scan everything I download manually.

To do it any other way is crazy, unless you don't know what you're doing, which is most common with joe blow user.