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Nov 9, 2009 9:08 AM by
dlhotka
Security Essentials installed fine, and doesn't seem to do the I/O overhead that AVG had (and it's still free).
The truth is that I rarely hit the internet from my VM's so I'm probably safe without AV at all. But YMMV, so be careful out there
dlhotka wrote: The truth is that I rarely hit the internet from my VM's so I'm probably safe without AV at all.
Sometimes it only takes one typo in a URL to get hit with something so IMO only a fool would run Windows without Anti Virus software if one is connecting to the Internet in any manner.
Not only AV but one should also have a Firewall that requires confirmation for any program/connection being made from/to the computer and the worst part of it is you can have all the bells and whistles in place and up to date and still get hit. Windows combined with the Internet is a hostile environment.