1. Wasted resources
2. If you experiment with malicious code it gets very annoying when it deletes your work constantly
3. It is intrusive
4. It is expensive
5. I just don't need it.
I stopped running A/V in 2001 and have never had a virus or malware. Not even once. Not even greyware.
1. It might be a problem, if you're running AV on a very old computer. My AV is using 9 MB of RAM and uses 0% (rounded number ofc) of CPU time. Yeah, such a waste. I could do SO MUCH MORE with those 9 MB!
2. It doesn't. Change the settings. It's your fault for using settings that allow deletion.
3. It isn't. Change the settings. It's your fault for using settings that make the AV to inform about everything.
4. Why buy it? The free ones are just as good.
"I stopped running AV and have never had a virus or malware."
There's a logical problem in there. How do you know your computer has no viruses or malware?
you probably do have malware, but fighting every week or so by downloading new definitions doesn't instill confidence (especially when hackers are always one step ahead when definitions are released...)
Windows is for gaming only, i otherwise try not to browse or if i do, i browse with out keeping local data.
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There are several good reasons not to run AV
1. Wasted resources
2. If you experiment with malicious code it gets very annoying when it deletes your work constantly
3. It is intrusive
4. It is expensive
5. I just don't need it.
I stopped running A/V in 2001 and have never had a virus or malware. Not even once. Not even greyware.
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1. It might be a problem, if you're running AV on a very old computer. My AV is using 9 MB of RAM and uses 0% (rounded number ofc) of CPU time. Yeah, such a waste. I could do SO MUCH MORE with those 9 MB!
2. It doesn't. Change the settings. It's your fault for using settings that allow deletion.
3. It isn't. Change the settings. It's your fault for using settings that make the AV to inform about everything.
4. Why buy it? The free ones are just as good.
"I stopped running AV and have never had a virus or malware."
There's a logical problem in there. How do you know your computer has no viruses or malware?
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you probably do have malware, but fighting every week or so by downloading new definitions doesn't instill confidence (especially when hackers are always one step ahead when definitions are released...)
Windows is for gaming only, i otherwise try not to browse or if i do, i browse with out keeping local data.