Re: Just don't use ANY anti-virus
As someone that actually works in IT security, I will confirm that anti-virus software is for the most part useless. At my work, we only deploy it for compliance reasons.
The AC above is correct that any of the really bad stuff will not get detected by your AV software. Only old, known malware will be detected by AV software.
I don't run AV software on any of our personal / home PCs. As mentioned in a post below, the telemetry and exfiltrated data is more concerning than the supposed protection AV software provides.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
