If you insist on running untrusted executables and refuse to fix that problem, then you're screwed and antivirus doesn't change that. It's plausible AV will increase the amount of time your system is usable between reinstalls, but that is not security.
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Unfortunately their "want it now" & "will agree to any EULA" won't stop them. We're still educating people not to click phishing email links. This is why I have been voicing the concept of
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Arghh haha. Please don't tell people "don't click on phishing links", that is really bad advice. It's not possible to determine if a link is trusted or not before you click it, you have to click it and then read the address bar. I'm getting pulled into too many debates tonight

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e.g. Do you know this person? Does someone you trust vouch for this person? Is it a business you recognize? Then just explain how to verify, and that's already a billion times more effective than antivirus. Also, it's free
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It's even worse than letting you use their laptop because the executable might have malicious content you don't know is there.
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More like letting you use their laptop in a body-snatcher-infested dystopia where they can't know if you are really you.
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There's a fair bit of complexity in deciding what is a "trusted executable". I don't think I could do it 100% reliably on windows...
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Even if you can only do it 5% reliably, that beats antivirus. Infinite possible malware, finite blacklist, etc, etc.
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