[ivanmontillam]

> Which is that?

I purchased a license of ESET Internet Security, and full disclosure: back in early 2017, I worked at an ESET-licensed reseller as a Presales and Support Engineer, so I know how to fine-tune it and all the ins and outs.

By nature, it's very lightweight (330 Mb RAM footprint), but you can fine-tune it even more if you want.

> And second, who here has ever had a virus in the past ten years?

We the people at HN are tech-savvy and of course will not get infected, but recently I spotted malware out-in-the-wild via Facebook Ads[0].

Your usual grandma/grandpa using the computer to connect with loved ones and play Candy Crush Saga will get infected, if they are not by now.

Some people tell me: "bUt tHaT'S BeCaUsE ThEy aRe vIsItInG WeIrD SiTeS," well, even if you stick to the common social media sites and usual news sites, you will get infected.

I cannot emphasize this enough, but you're responsible of your own computer so I will not proselytize you into purchasing AV software.

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[0]: https://twitter.com/IvanMontillaM/status/1604308301579051009

[Dalewyn]

>Some people tell me: "bUt tHaT'S BeCaUsE ThEy aRe vIsItInG WeIrD SiTeS," well, even if you stick to the common social media sites and usual news sites, you will get infected.

I recall reading a study a few years back saying how it's safer to browse porn sites than it is to browse what most would call "common" sites such as retailers.

[ivanmontillam]

Interesting, my assumption would be that porn sites must clean themselves from that malware-ish reputation, whereas "common" sites with low-end ad networks don't have it (but they are prone to gain it, because of careless/negligent ad bidder verification).

[userbinator]

By nature, it's very lightweight (330 Mb RAM footprint)

Unless you really mean megabits, 330MB for AV doesn't seem low as I've seen Windows Defender use roughly the same.

[SSLy]

You can't leave us without sharing the nod32 tuning tips