I have been computer free for probably 15ish years until I recently bought and set up a RPi4 with Linux. It’s been fun but I’m not really a super user so I’m looking to back to Windows as my main OS.
- is antivirus a necessity? I will be gaming and streaming on my new setup.
If yes then
- what are some ideal options? Paid or free.
Thanks for your responses in advance.
do you need an immune-system?
or is AIDS fine with you?
the answer to that question is the answer to whether your computer needs an immune-system.
get ESET.
Unless things have changed significantly, VirusBulletin, iirc always had them catching more of the in-the-wild viruses than any of the other ones.
Kaspersky is Russian, so you don’t want to be trusting it.
There are more computer-pathogens now than there were a few years ago, not less.
Pathogens multiply, just like humans do.
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To your condescending answer I’ll add my “you’re too young, son” answer.
The thing is, I remember when using Windows without Internet was mostly safe. You’d ask your friend if they scanned their empty floppy for viruses and that was it. And in the early days of dial up you only got virus if you were careless and download and run free suspect exe files.