I haven't assumed that you have said that. Do you think an average home user should run AV?
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If you don't run untrusted executables, then antivirus is an unnecessary liability. If you do run untrusted executables, then you're going to get hacked, because antivirus is inherently a blacklist and bypass is trivial. Both of these claims are well documented.
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Now, if you do run untrusted executables and want to keep your machine operating in an insecure state for as long as possible between reinstalls. Maybe antivirus makes sense, but you are not secure.
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It appears to be what most others in the thread are discussing though. Very early on from
@munin "So for most typical users, the attack surface with AV is smaller than without", that is what I am interested in.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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