The majority of Windows system users use antivirus, anti-malware or some security suite on their computers. Most of them over the years have gained insight, for the most program is good, or reliable, or for which product they should avoid.
Good and reliable product.
Really when is a product good and reliable?
Personally, for many years, maybe even more than ten, there was no malware found on my computers except those I run myself on VM to look for their operation.
Perhaps depending on the years of experience of each user, it is less likely that something bad will happen, but that is not the case for the reason I mentioned above.
There is a risk when you download malicious files and visit dangerous sites, regardless of your experience and knowledge.
Usually our opinion on the solvency of a security product is shaped by some study we read, some comparative tests, or the news that is being circulated on the technology sites. We rarely come across someone whose opinion is based on personal experience or knowledge.
* Here again we should mention that a view that is based on experience can not be considered objective since it is not in research and documentation.
The independent AV-Test (and many others) testing laboratory tests safety products and publishes reports to the public. Every security product that respects itself and the customer also has a blog that informs in time about the dangers that occur.
Of course in these blogs you will never see negative publications about false positives that inevitably occur at any given time in each product. You will also not see the failures in product development that, as we have seen many times from this site, compromise the customer.
The specific blogs, in addition to the timely protection of the customer that they serve, also form opinions, keeping the gears of the internet security industry "well-oiled".
Below are some examples of the "well-served" skills of security products that flood the market and target our pockets.
All "serious" anti-malware and antivirus products can find and remove surveillance cookies, a "threat" that is not really a threat.
Ok, let's say you erased a bad cookie ... Visit the EFF website and try your browser.
For those who keep forgetting, the internet is a great watchdog. Many times cookies are not even needed, or as we have mentioned in publications we are using new techniques.
It's really funny to use Windows 10 and care about the cookies that follow it.
The technology is progressing
The developments of recent years in Windows and also in the major search engines, bring new protection techniques. Windows and IE come with SmartScreen which checks web pages and files, from Windows 8 and after.
Google has developed a Secure API tourς που ελέγχει όλες τις συνδέσεις σας από μια black list which he has compiled and is constantly updating.
Google Chrome, IE and Edge, and Mozilla Firefox spend a lot of time checking the web for common attacks and using techniques such as ASLR, which, though incomplete, makes the attacker's job much more difficult.
Ironically, the big hits that have been observed in recent years have been made with social engineering attacks where the goal is the weakest link in the system. And it is not in software, or operational, but its own operator. It's the type of attack they use to spread their ransomware, and many other malware.
If you have any doubts and believe that reliable products can help you, you can install the best, and open any attachment that comes to you. It will not help you.
Let us continue, however, with the security features of modern suites. There is anti-spam, but also password managers access.
I still try to find out what's different between a standalone offline password manager and one that comes with a security product.
As for antispam, do you sincerely need? I guess most people use an email service like Gmail that does a great job of blocking spam.
Finally worth paying for security suites? A scan engine is also provided by Avira's AVG or BitDefender's free AVG products.
It is known that a security software solution costs less than 20 dollars a year per device. Although the cost is not great, it's like buying a motorcycle helmet.
There are many who buy it and never wear it. It is usually those who “obey” the law and buy it because someone enforces it (see public opinion and opinions we have written above).
Let's go below. Of those who do not wear helmets, there are too many who have never had an accident.
There are also those who wear the helmet but this does not mean that the risk of fatal accidents is excluded.
Finally to mention that all of the above are personal opinions. What everyone "wears" on their computer is their own matter.
It's just that our paid protections look a bit overlooked and unfortunately the system that supports them is huge and very well organized.
