Because its based on distrusting yourself and in general the user. (Edit, thats not nesisarly a bad thing.) However AV software goes way beond a simple “sanity check” these days. AV is for corperations to distrust employees now. These strong arm distrust fetures are “acceptable” on company property but walk all over my boundries for a personal machine. Use whatever is built into your OS (and NOT your OEM. Like from Windows etc… and not from Lenovo etc…). if there is none built in, it means its your choice if its needed.
Edit: if I failed to explain my point or if its bad, explain why.
there are zero reasons to run an antivirus program
Viruses still exist, so why do you say that?
so what it means is they create a bunch of “threats” that mean nothing to block them and give you the illusion their software is doing something. Oh, it’s also making your PC slower by intercepting most IO tasks.
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Why is it completely unnecessary though?
Because its based on distrusting yourself and in general the user. (Edit, thats not nesisarly a bad thing.) However AV software goes way beond a simple “sanity check” these days. AV is for corperations to distrust employees now. These strong arm distrust fetures are “acceptable” on company property but walk all over my boundries for a personal machine. Use whatever is built into your OS (and NOT your OEM. Like from Windows etc… and not from Lenovo etc…). if there is none built in, it means its your choice if its needed.
Edit: if I failed to explain my point or if its bad, explain why.
Viruses still exist, so why do you say that?
You really hate AV software, lol
Do not listen to this person.
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