Does PC necessarily needs Antivirus?

[dubioz]

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anything except what I want is stopped right at the front door at my router and firewall.

Hardware firewall, bro?

[harvz86]

if di lang mo pataka og download og insert og mga removable storage ok ra man,,,

di man ka maka hibaw kung naa virus imo pc kung wala ka antivirus, so if gnahan ka nga wala , then dont install an antivirus para dili mo prompt.

[dubioz]

Sure kaayo.

Kong kahibaw ka mo gamit sa imong ulo, di ka kinahanglan anti-virus.

Bro, just curious, do you make online purchases?

[obemon]

To summarize this thread....

Does my PC really need an Anti-Virus?
-No but it doesn't hurt to have one. If you are worried bout cost then are free ones available on the web for download like AVG or Avast.

If my PC has an Anti-Virus, does that mean I'm completely 100% secure from the Internets?
-No. The Internets is serious business so use common sense.

Is Norton a good anti-virus?
-No. It's just a program that slows your machine down so that when a real virus attacks your PC, it can't run properly since Norton has taken most of the resources.

[lafter26]

Dili man siguro gihapon safe ang PC bisan mag gamit ka Deep Freeze kay naa man jud time na iThawed nimu and by that time dako ang chance nimu ma infected specially kun kusog ka manginstall ug pirated and free softwares.
Kasagaran sa computer virus are made for Window$ system so mas dako jud chance nimu ma-infected ug virus if Window$ imu gamit na system. Para naku naa ka 3 options bay:
1. Install antivirus sa imu Window$ system para gamay ra chance na ma-infected imu system
2. Use other Operating System like Linux kay ang Window$ virus dili man mo infect sa Linux system and maihap ra ang virus created for Linux.
3. Don't install antivirus para dli ka mkadetect ug virus. Iprepare lang imu self for worst scenario.