hey skyline, most of us just use what we use and don't really question why as long as we feel covered or safe. i am as guilty as the next person. i do on the other hand try and use a lot of different freeware for certain features that it may have over another. we seem to live in a plug and play and instant i want it now and don't care world today. just not enough time to analize anymore. just an old guy opinion. it is still an interesting post.
poorguy
That's the real issue here, and it's causing
more problems for people than many realise. Honestly, from what I've seen on here, the title of this thread should be 'What AV do you use? Promote it for the hell of it.' Adding "why" to the end of the subject seemed like a nice attempt at first, but it then quickly was ignored, and nobody seemed to bother asking that question much besides me... and from a computer security guy's POV, that's insane.
I think the one of the biggest problems is what Tali Sharot has called "The Optimism Bias," which basically means that most people are far too optimistic, that their personal beliefs contradict reality, believing they are always in the margin of those who always will be 'better off' or 'safe', so to speak in this context. Not trying to derail the thread, but it does segue into my point... Too many people seem to ignore the facts about AV software, and simply
want to believe it works... because someone told them it does.
That's the perspective of a guy who's been fixing computers for people (who are just like many of those posting in this thread), and has actually seen many types of attacks happen either firsthand, in videos from hacking conferences, seen the evidence of such attacks, and has dealt with the aftermath of some pretty nasty stuff. Hate to be negative here, but it makes me wish everyone could just get a virus overnight, just to shake them up and realise just how dumb it is to ignore the comprehensive reviews on these wares. With things quickly going all digital, and many security flaws never addressed due to budget cuts, lazy programming, or lack of a security standard in the industry... it's all going to be a black hat's wet dream in a few years if people don't educate themselves. And, quite honestly, it's almost at that point today.
Hell, you can hack into an expensive WiFi security system relatively easily just by using search engines, and a little know how. There was a guy who gave a talk at a Black Hat convention, and he showed the entire hack on the system. There was also a demonstration (don't remember if it was the same guy, or a another one, and if it was BH or at C3), that showed spoofing a live video stream from a WiFi security camera. Just saying... people need to pay a
lot more attention to their digital security...
Dark Lord of Tech :
Most people want to install it and forget about it.
I like to test and try out many.
Yup, install and forget; that's the name of the game here. Unfortunately, the creators of this software are never going to be able to protect users from everything (as everyone should know); so, install and forget seems to be a bit naive, to say the least.
I know you test your AV software, but I've always wondered how. Never seen a comprehensive review, or anything along the lines of a testing method. Just curious how you do it.
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