On 5/10/2020 2:52 PM, Shadow wrote:
On Sun, 10 May 2020 11:52:11 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On 5/10/2020 10:52 AM, Shadow wrote:

FWIW, I haven't used a resident AV for ages.... and I'm on XP.
Safe hex is the way to go with any OS.



As far as I'm concerned, there are *four* ways to go, and none of them
should be omitted:

Safe Hex
Antivirus program
Antispyware program
Firewall

What you do is of course up to you, not me, but as far as I'm concerned,
relying just on safe hex is foolhardy. There's always a chance that you
will make a mistake some day when you're very tired, have had too much
to drink, having just had a fight with your spouse, etc.

A firewall is part of safe Hex



To me, it's something very different.


(two here, one in the router).


Same here.


And I scan with USB-booted AVs quite frequently. I said I don't use a
resident AV.


There's a big difference between the two types. Your frequent scans can
detect malware that has already infected you. A resident AV can often
prevent malware installation, and as far as I'm concerned, that's what
makes it much better.


You forgot backups.


No, I didn't. To me, it's also something very different.


I do daily incremental and less often full
backups.


I do much the same.


Hardware can crash.


Yes. And be stolen.


No AV will protect you from that.


Right.


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Ken