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Ask HN: Do you use anti-virus software?

8 pointsby theonethingabout 1 month ago
if so, which one(s) and on which OS platform(s)?

4 comments

mubouabout 1 month ago
Windows Defender.<p>If I download a sketchy binary, I&#x27;ll run it through VirusTotal, but there&#x27;s no reason to have any of that junk running on my PC all the time.
penguinosabout 1 month ago
Yes, can’t have some zero days on my computers. I use anti-virus, virustotal and yara on top (see my tutorial <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Le6sZRV6Rwc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Le6sZRV6Rwc</a>)
KomoDabout 1 month ago
Whenever I&#x27;m on windows I &quot;use&quot; defender (on by default).<p>Otherwise I just run stuff through Virustotal.
Suppaflyabout 1 month ago
Windows Defender, that&#x27;s all you need.