Antiviruses: Five main problems

Explain on gifs with turtles

“Kaspersky Laboratory” on July 26 announced that she was issuing a free version of her antivirus. But many users will never install an antivirus for themselves. Even free! And that's why.

Viruses still appear faster than antiviruses learn to determine them

For example, in May 2017, the Wannacry virus-carrier spread around the world. Antiviruses could not find it. The situation resembles a paradox about Achilles and a turtle, which he can never catch up.

Antiviruses see a threat where it is not

This is called false operation. In early July 2017, users checked the client of the Ukrainian Oschadbank using antiviruses, and some of them found Trojan there . Then it turned out that there was no Troyan there-just a similar installer was previously used by some kind of virus.

Antiviruses know too much about you

Antivirus programs have access to all your files, e -mail and know what sites you enter. Outrageous.

Antiviruses slow down the computer

After installing the antivirus, you notice that something has changed. Then you get used to it and it seems to you that the computer always slowed down. So: not always!

Antivirus will still not save from high -quality phishing

If hackers decide to hack, for example, your mail, then they will not even need to send you a virus. To do this, just send you a link to the allegedly document on Google on behalf of a friend, and you yourself will give access by logging in the usual site. It is very simple to rub the trust.

Bonus: How to protect against cyberism, if not with antiviruses?

1. Always update your operating system (and if you have Windows installed, do not forget that it already has an antivirus).
2. Follow where you click, learn to determine the fitting , do not launch programs from dubious sources.

And if you lose vigilance and hope exclusively for antiviruses, then this will happen:

Amendments. Unfortunately, the initial version of the material contained incorrect generalizations. In fact, the usefulness of antiviruses depends on many parameters, and to give general advice in this case is wrong. We edited the text and apologize.

Vladimir Tsybulsky

Photo in the announcement: B Christopher / Alamy / Vida Press