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Originally Posted by ItsSoLARGE
Honestly... I don't think you need to run an AV... I know I'm sorta trollin' the thread.. but I don't understand how you can get a virus. As longas you use some caution.. even then you wont get much... I run housecall from trendmicro every so often just in case
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Heh. I wish our campus network was safe enough for me to stick my head in the sand like that. I've had several friends who were actually unable to finish patching a fresh OS install on their machines before being infected. I genuinely don't feel safe without both antiviral and a good firewall up. Being careful might save you from the random email with the NOT_A_VIRUS.exe attachment, but the nasty stuff doesn't require you to be an idiot before it gets you.
And as murphy's law goes, you will get infected at the worst possible time. Twice, I've seen someone get nailed with something nasty enough they couldn't get any work done when a big paper was due the next day.
