Windows 7: 5 Reasons Why Your Life Will Be Miserable Without an Antivirus

5 Reason Why Your Life Will Be Miserable Without Antivirus | WindowsTalk.org

Nice post thanks

With so many free products to choose from why would anybody still take a chance on getting infected? Just install something reputable. It's got to offer more protection than having nothing at all.

I strongly agree. I use Avast Free, MBAM free on demand along with MVPS hosts and Adblock Plus w/subscriptions inside Firefox, block third party cookies...etc...and I'm snug as a bug-in-a-rug.

Then again there's some users who can use the strongest protection known to mankind who will ultimately fall prey to the PEBKAC factor and/or ID-10-T Error then blame their "stupid, useless" AV, lol.

Yep.

I think a lot of this reluctance to use security suites dates back to XP and earlier where you had only bloated offerings that definitely slowed down many PCs and made many almost as usable as a virus would!!!!

Even old baddies like Norton and McAfee are much much better than they were just several years ago, heck Norton one of the worst offenders a few years ago for bloat and causing system slowdowns are now very light on resources for most PCs that are 5 years old or less.

Again the companies that make the security are NOT getting the word out effectively. I know how good MSE is through word of mouth on sites like this, BUT the general public doesn't see this ...

MS needs to make sure that people know how effective and resource light MSE is.

Honestly I think MSE should advertise on TV . That is one of the most effective ways to reach consumers even today.

ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IS THAT PC OWNERS MUST BE TOLD THAT BEFORE YOU INSTALL A SECURITY SUITE YOU WANT ALL TRACES OF ANY OTHER SECURITY SOFTWARE TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED WITH THE MAKER SPECIFIC REMOVAL TOOLS THAT ALL THESE PROVIDERS OFFER!

THIS IS NEVER MADE CLEAR TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND IT CAUSES HUGE ISSUES FOR MANY CONSUMERS!!!!!

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ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IS THAT PC OWNERS MUST BE TOLD THAT BEFORE YOU INSTALL A SECURITY SUITE YOU WANT ALL TRACES OF ANY OTHER SECURITY SOFTWARE TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED WITH THE MAKER SPECIFIC REMOVAL TOOLS THAT ALL THESE PROVIDERS OFFER!

THIS IS NEVER MADE CLEAR TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND IT CAUSES HUGE ISSUES FOR MANY CONSUMERS!!!!!

Here they are: AV Uninstallers

Bookmarked, TYVM!

Good post,thanks.Now I should tell my dad since he didn't buy his antivirus for his laptop.He has one but it was expired like 3 years ago I think.Thanks god it is still working.Hahaha but I'm going to tell him.Thanks

People need to take into account that if they don't have an AV, they are just helping propagate these viruses. Most viruses/malware will scan your E mail addys, and pass it on to all your contacts. If it doesn't stop at your PC, it's going to probably get passed on to who knows how many people...and so on, and so on.....

I run my x32 XP test machine without any AV..............But, I run my browser in Sandboxie Paid, never use any other source except the browser, and I send any download to VirusTotal first before running. I also run a scan with either Hitman Pro or Malwarebytes after each use.