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0 pointsivanmontillam2y ago0 comments

> Which is that?

I purchased a license of ESET Internet Security, and full disclosure: back in early 2017, I worked at an ESET-licensed reseller as a Presales and Support Engineer, so I know how to fine-tune it and all the ins and outs.

By nature, it's very lightweight (330 Mb RAM footprint), but you can fine-tune it even more if you want.

> And second, who here has ever had a virus in the past ten years?

We the people at HN are tech-savvy and of course will not get infected, but recently I spotted malware out-in-the-wild via Facebook Ads[0].

Your usual grandma/grandpa using the computer to connect with loved ones and play Candy Crush Saga will get infected, if they are not by now.

Some people tell me: "bUt tHaT'S BeCaUsE ThEy aRe vIsItInG WeIrD SiTeS," well, even if you stick to the common social media sites and usual news sites, you will get infected.

I cannot emphasize this enough, but you're responsible of your own computer so I will not proselytize you into purchasing AV software.

[0]: https://twitter.com/IvanMontillaM/status/1604308301579051009

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Dalewyn2y ago

>Some people tell me: "bUt tHaT'S BeCaUsE ThEy aRe vIsItInG WeIrD SiTeS," well, even if you stick to the common social media sites and usual news sites, you will get infected.

I recall reading a study a few years back saying how it's safer to browse porn sites than it is to browse what most would call "common" sites such as retailers.

ivanmontillamOP2y ago

Interesting, my assumption would be that porn sites must clean themselves from that malware-ish reputation, whereas "common" sites with low-end ad networks don't have it (but they are prone to gain it, because of careless/negligent ad bidder verification).

userbinator2y ago

By nature, it's very lightweight (330 Mb RAM footprint)

Unless you really mean megabits, 330MB for AV doesn't seem low as I've seen Windows Defender use roughly the same.

SSLy2y ago

You can't leave us without sharing the nod32 tuning tips

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