Ask HN: Do you use anti-virus software?

by theonething on 4/9/2025, 3:12:51 AM with 4 comments
if so, which one(s) and on which OS platform(s)?

  • by mubou on 4/9/2025, 5:12:37 AM

    Windows Defender.

    If I download a sketchy binary, I'll run it through VirusTotal, but there's no reason to have any of that junk running on my PC all the time.

  • by penguinos on 4/9/2025, 7:51:52 PM

    Yes, can’t have some zero days on my computers. I use anti-virus, virustotal and yara on top (see my tutorial https://youtu.be/Le6sZRV6Rwc)

  • by KomoD on 4/10/2025, 12:40:37 PM

    Whenever I'm on windows I "use" defender (on by default).

    Otherwise I just run stuff through Virustotal.

  • by Suppafly on 4/9/2025, 5:35:40 AM

    Windows Defender, that's all you need.