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Do you run 3 rd party antivirus software? (WITH POLL)

Do you run 3 rd party AV

  • YES

    Votes: 61 54.5%

  • NO i let Windows look after me

    Votes: 44 39.3%

  • I let me look after it

    Votes: 7 6.3%
  • Total voters
    112
Easy Rhino

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AsRock said:
A lot don't trust MS to begin with, their is truth in what your saying but i don't trust windows firewall and by the looks of it i never will.
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If people do not trust MS then they probably should not be using their operating system...

rtwjunkie said:
Drive-by's at regular sites you consider safe are always a possibility. It's not just people who visit dodgy download sites or who surf pr0n who get malware.
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rtwjunkie said:
which implied the fault is on the user's habits. No edit necessary. :D
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having 1 AV is enough. i guess if you want to use a 3rd party AV for its feature set then that makes sense since it turns off MSE. However, using any other AV other than MSE for the sake of security is bad because MSE is inherently better at detecting and fixing threats.
 
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Easy Rhino said:
If people do not trust MS then they probably should not be using their operating system...






having 1 AV is enough. i guess if you want to use a 3rd party AV for its feature set then that makes sense since it turns off MSE. However, using any other AV other than MSE for the sake of security is bad because MSE is inherently better at detecting and fixing threats.
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Maybe they don't have a option, i know most gamer's don't.
 
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I believe I only have the Windows Defender activated along with the free version of adblock... I feel like adblock does the most work of preventing anything... Just keep browsing habits clean, and double check what you are clicking before you click (Adblock helps this a lot)

Honestly I always felt like I would get viruses / problems faster with HAVING a program installed lol.

I even have a free year of McAfee sitting here, but really have no reason to install it.
 
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Jborg said:
I believe I only have the Windows Defender activated along with the free version of adblock... I feel like adblock does the most work of preventing anything... Just keep browsing habits clean, and double check what you are clicking before you click (Adblock helps this a lot)

Honestly I always felt like I would get viruses / problems faster with HAVING a program installed lol.

I even have a free year of McAfee sitting here, but really have no reason to install it.
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McAfee is a virus lmao, Comcast used to offer it and it was bad then and it's bad now. Norton is just as bad these days.
 
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AsRock said:
McAfee is a virus lmao, Comcast used to offer it and it was bad then and it's bad now. Norton is just as bad these days.
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I have a cousin who works for McAfeee lol... He gave me like 4-5 free subscriptions

But yeah, I don't doubt it... Goes right along with what I said, I seem to get more viruses with any kind of "Anti Virus" installed lol.
 
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