Very Interesting page here. A lot more info is on it than the bit I've
posted here.
https://dataprot.net/statistics/antivirus-statistics/ ---------------------------
Key Antivirus Stats
Over 350,000 pieces of malware are detected every day.
There are more than 970 million pieces of malware circulating the
internet right now.
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:55:10 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:
Very Interesting page here. A lot more info is on it than the bit I've
posted here.
https://dataprot.net/statistics/antivirus-statistics/
---------------------------
Key Antivirus Stats
Over 350,000 pieces of malware are detected every day.
There are more than 970 million pieces of malware circulating the
internet right now.
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When I used windows, I just used the one they supplied. Have been using
linux for quite a while and don't worry about virus attacks.
Just be careful on what you click on, keep image and data backups and
don't fall for one of the many phone scams you might get. If you want to visit questionable sites, install VirtualBox or similar and use a free
linux distro.
On Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:55:10 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:
Very Interesting page here. A lot more info is on it than the bit I've
posted here.
https://dataprot.net/statistics/antivirus-statistics/
---------------------------
Key Antivirus Stats
Over 350,000 pieces of malware are detected every day.
There are more than 970 million pieces of malware circulating the
internet right now.
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When I used windows, I just used the one they supplied. Have been using
linux for quite a while and don't worry about virus attacks.
Just be careful on what you click on, keep image and data backups and
don't fall for one of the many phone scams you might get. If you want to visit questionable sites, install VirtualBox or similar and use a free
linux distro.
david c wrote on 2/11/22 1:49 pm:
On Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:55:10 +0100, Nomen Nescio wrote:I have Linux as my primary OS and, basically, only boot (weekly) into my
Very Interesting page here. A lot more info is on it than the bit I've
posted here.
https://dataprot.net/statistics/antivirus-statistics/
---------------------------
Key Antivirus Stats
Over 350,000 pieces of malware are detected every day.
There are more than 970 million pieces of malware circulating the
internet right now.
snipped>
When I used windows, I just used the one they supplied. Have been using
linux for quite a while and don't worry about virus attacks.
Just be careful on what you click on, keep image and data backups and
don't fall for one of the many phone scams you might get. If you want
to visit questionable sites, install VirtualBox or similar and use a
free linux distro.
Win7 installation to update the AVG Anti-Virus data so that it I *HAD*
to use my Win7 installation it would *only* be about a week out of date!
Sysop: | Keyop |
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Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
Users: | 339 |
Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
Uptime: | 01:01:05 |
Calls: | 7,467 |
Calls today: | 3 |
Files: | 12,691 |
Messages: | 5,627,866 |