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1. DO I REALLY NEED ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS 10 INSTALL
2. DO I REALLY NEED ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS 10 CODE

So, to the next part - do you need an antivirus? Absolutely - a huge number of machines connected to the Internet are infected and running as part of botnets.

DO I REALLY NEED ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS 10 CODE

You can work out a level of likelihood of safety by looking at the code from a sandbox and following links, but many attackers write code that hides from debugging tools or from testing environments, and code often changes attack vector with time. so the first problem is that you cannot trust any website. Even reputable sites have suffered through banner ads, coding mistakes, deliberate attacks etc. Note: I thought I remembered seeing a Screen Savers episode one time where they had a PC connected to the internet without any anti-malware or anti-virus and by the end of the show the computer was rendered useless but I couldn't seem to find it.Īs mentioned in some of the comments, there are no sites which can be guaranteed safe. My question is, are there any documented studies that either prove or disprove these claims of being able to browse the internet carefully and having the same amount of risk of infection as that of browsing the internet with anti-virus software? I suffered zero infections during this time.

DO I REALLY NEED ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ON WINDOWS 10 INSTALL

To be blunt: I refused to install any kind of antivirus or personal firewall software on most of my computers (but see Update, below.) This included a Windows XP Home system that was used by my children as a web surfing / email / game system. Finally I found this blog post that states: I've also heard this from other people as I've repaired their PC's and cleaned up the malware/viruses they've received from browsing to the "wrong" sites. I don't use Anti-Virus software at all, I am just careful about where I go and what I click on.