Antivirus, do we really need it?

computer viruses, maybe all of you have some experience dealing with this thing in your computer. viruses, can range from annoying little bitch to a dangerous monster who make us lose many important data. based on that experience, I'm sure 90% of you who read this have antivirus installed on your PC. but, do we really need it?



To answer that question, we have to analyze where does the viruses come from? how the hell it migrate to our peaceful computer from this cruel world. the answer is : the two biggest source of viruses migrating was cracked software and USB flash drive.

Based on that fact, we can prevent the viruses going into our computer with two task. first, never use cracked software, ever. if you have need to use a software you can't afford, just search for the free alternative. for example, GIMP is the free alternative to Photoshop, and Inkscape is the free alternative to Adobe Illustrator.

secondly, minimize the usage of USB flash drive to exchange data. now, that we have speed internet connection, you can just easily exchange data with google drive or dropbox. use USB flash drive only for exchanging very big data. and make sure that the source computer is clean from viruses also.


well, I didn't say that we don't need antivirus. not having an ativirus might be the problem, but the bigger problem is your habit.  
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