Oh shut the fuck up. You have no idea how security works. The journalist wrote a tear-grabbing article to seem edgy. End-device AV isn't a catch-all solution, but it's a layer of security. "45% of what's out there". That's an absolute fucking shit number. Say there's 100 new viruses, brand fucking new. It catches 45 / 100 on day 1. Then day 2 it catches another 10 more (as definitions are updated). By the end of week 1, all 100 viruses are in the signature database. The only way the virus can remain undetected is polymorphic code and self-modification. In the end, heuristic scans can detect that sort of behavior.
Of course, you read an article on pcworld, so you must know everything about security and the entire security field. Right?
Honestly, this entire fucking thread gave me cancer. Seriously, it's not that fucking complicated to download and install an AV product.
Wow...somebody hasn't got laid in a very loooong time! Your sexual frustrations are showing in your posts.
Anyhow, although I agree with some of your post, reality is antivirus programs are weak at best and give users a false sense of security. There is know way for them to know and detect everything being released day after day. They pretty much can only detect what they "know about" in their already discovered database. This gap is where people are vulnerable. So unless you are sand boxing your new installs and not running in admin mode you are at a potential risk. I am not stupid so I do run antivirus on my PC, but it's days as a useful utility are numbered. People need to take additional precautions and not solely rely on their AV suite.
Btw...I run NO antivirus protection on my Ipad.(lol)...and it is jailbroken.
