安全或愚蠢？
張貼在2008年8月10日在5:12上午
我有一個朋友，我們告訴這個朋友弗雷德，現在弗雷德是個人計算機專家，他買所有雜誌，參觀所有正確的網站，和在他的消遣時間，當他不執行他的正常貿易作為一位室內設計師時，花費粗修用他的個人計算機或者每分鐘談論的個人計算機的與他的其他專家的朋友。
我流行拜訪弗雷德幾天前，并且他開始告訴我關於他打算建立下個星期的新的個人計算機，這使我驚奇，因為他早先只建立了新的幾個月。 我問他為什麼他需要另一臺新的個人計算機？ 他告訴了我老你是太慢的。 我發現了這驚奇，弗雷德總買最昂貴的高性能零件可利用在市場上，他升級，在介紹時候一個新的模型和在他的玩具上一般花費一個小運氣。
我提供看一看在弗雷德的個人計算機為他，看我是否可能發現為什麼他認為它是很慢的，弗雷德看我就像弗雷德，當他認為我談話在我尾端外面，雖然弗雷德知道我在它在公司個人計算機支持度過了我的整個生活，包括一個十年，他實際上不認為我知道任何東西，因為我不買所有雜誌，并且我不參觀所有正確的網站。
弗雷德坐下了我在他的個人計算機，仍然給「呀」神色的我。 什麼我發現了是相當可怕的事，安裝了，并且機械人員在他的個人計算機是一個充分的互聯網安全隨員(Norton)，沒有問題與那，但他也有分開的抗病毒應用賽跑(AVG)，與微軟防禦者一起和跑廣告明白的日報，他也安排窗口防火牆被交換。 如此求和事他有：
抗病毒x 2
防火牆x 2
Anti-Malware x 4
這是一個可笑情況和吃着系統資源以難以置信的率。 當我問弗雷德為什麼他有許多安全應用跑，他給了我另一個那些神色，并且說我應該知道個人計算機安全那些日子是一個大問題。 我在最後放棄了，終究弗雷德是專家，他必須是，當他買所有雜誌并且參觀所有正確的網站。
它發生對我人們就是不瞭解要求什麼綁系統到一個可接受水平上。 如此我報道三基本如下。
防火牆-那裡那裡，可爭論一個偉大的自由防火牆是否是產品最佳可利用和猜測什麼？ You already have it installed, that’s right, the standard Windows Firewall is excellent, I cannot see any reason why anybody should feel they need to replace it. Ok it doesn’t have a pretty front end, it doesn’t bother you with popup windows telling you it’s doing it’s job every two minutes, it just works.
Anti-Virus - I used to be a big AVG Free fan, but the recent changes to the application have made me drop it, it is just getting too fat. I have switched to Avast! now, as it is a nice thin application and does the job well.
Anti-Malware - Microsoft Defender is another excellent piece of software, I have to recommend it, I cannot see any reason to use a 3rd party application when Microsoft offer a product that is integrated into the OS.
And that is ALL you need, no expensive all-in-one package with all the bells and whistles, almost no administrative overhead, and all using a minimal amount of system resources.
I have NEVER had a virus, I don’t do anything that could cause me to become infected, as always, sensible use is the best form of security. In a similar fashion I often do not enable my firewall, as the chances of somebody choosing my IP address out of the millions on-line and then finding a security vulnerability in my OS are so remote as to almost be impossible.
Security software companies are really creaming it in with all the hype that surrounds PC security these days, they love people like Fred, who buy all the magazines and visit all the right websites, the very same magazines and sites that are receiving advertising revenue from the security software developers. Figure the rest out for yourselves.
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I couldn’t agree more! When someone tells me their PC is slow, I first ask if they remember paying for security software. If they say they don’t know, I delete ALL security bloat, put on AVG 8, and make sure windows defender and firewall are running.
Usually this makes a big difference and is a good start.
Thanks for the article.
Oh my god, I used to know such a “Fred” guy myself - and he drove me up the wall with his stupidity. In the end I always laughed hen he had a virus or trojan yet again, or when he wasn’t able to actually work on his computer because the bloody thing was busy crashing or doing god-knows-what.
Some people just can’t be helped.