> If you want the right to shoot yourself in the foot, AV is the necessary evil you must have
No. AVs are actually pretty useless at stopping anything except the most basic attacks (and sometimes, not even that - just look at Cryptolocker).
Use Google Chrome (really! Firefox isn't even playing in the same league security-wise), disable Flash player, only run trusted executables with valid digital signatures.
No. AVs are actually pretty useless at stopping anything except the most basic attacks (and sometimes, not even that - just look at Cryptolocker).
Use Google Chrome (really! Firefox isn't even playing in the same league security-wise), disable Flash player, only run trusted executables with valid digital signatures.