Most antivirus I tested, even the paid ones, are so annoying with popups and complaining about cracks that I just take the risk and go without em

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 month ago

      How do you know you never had malware if you have no means to check for malware? It’s not like it will announce itself.

        • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.eeEnglish
          17·
          1 month ago

          I’ve also been online and pirating for 25+ years and your bragging horseshit is hilarious

          Fuck off mate, we’ve all had browser toolbars and had to reinstall windows multiple times in the past. Not so common now but before it was part of the deal

          Don’t be a dick, you’re not impressing anyone

        • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          8·
          1 month ago

          There’s a lot of malware that just chills in the background and hides itself well (e.g., auto-shuts down whenever task manager is opened), and does little to impact you aside from using some of your system’s resources.

          Think being part of a botnet used for DDOS attacks, or a cryptominer that runs whenever you aren’t using much of your hardware’s capabilities.