I don't use any #anti-virus software on my personal devices.

They can only detect old malware from script kiddies, they won't protect you from zero-day attacks. In fact, most anti-virus are actually spyware themselves – they can scan/read files on your device and send them to their servers without you knowing. If you really need to scan something, use an offline anti-virus instead, or upload it to VirusTotal.

The reason I don't use an anti-virus is that:

🔸 I don't download shit from shady websites.

🔸 I don't download attachments from random emails.

🔸 I don't download or use cracked software.

🔸 I'm aware of the links I click.

🔸 I mostly use free and open-source software (#FOSS).

🔸 And I manually configure my #firewall for every application I use so that nothing has network permissions unless I allow it.

In short, if you know what you're doing, the best anti-virus is actually yourself.

#privacy #cybersecurity #opsec