I have had my computer for about 3 and a half years now and I have never got any kind of virus on it ever. It's also on the internet all the time and I have no virus protection. I just clear all of the history, files, cookies, etc. on all of the browsers like every week. I think that virus protection is a waste of money. If I ever did get a virus in the future, I would simply reformat.
How do people actually get viruses on their computer?antivirus programs
Users navigate to websites that use scripts (like javascripts) to install/run viruses, or you download a file you think is good, but really is a virus pretending not to be (called trojan viruses). Limewire is a good place to get viruses.
Having a PC is a better way still to get viruses.
Macs have better security.
I apologize if this sounds biased. It's not.
How do people actually get viruses on their computer?computer protection
Beside malicious site, e-mail was a major channel for distributing virus.
Once you are in internet, you would affected by virus. Virus are mankind and some virus are natural which due to environmental noise and nearly random operation in internet.
If you would to save money and using Windows system, try to install SP2 for WinXp or SP1 for Vista. This may save you some time and money. (please check http://www.microsoft.com/security)
Viruses in downloaded files is the most common way, and going to dodgey sites. Get AVG Free, pretty sure thats not a waste of money considering is costs $0 :p
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