Since always Antiviruses have been the guardians of our computers. They have been essential part of the growth of the Internet, since they have stopped the dangers that the new world of technology brought with it. However, they may no longer be necessary., as he pointed out Robert O'Callahan, former Mozilla programmer.
Although we have been taught that We must let the antivirus do its job.The truth is that it also slowed down our equipment.. O'Callahan recommends in your personal blog that users who have Windows 8.1 or later uninstall and Remove all antivirus software, except of course “Windows Defender” that comes standard with the operating system.
Browser makers don't complain about Microsoft Defender because we have tons of empirical data showing that it's the only well behaved AV. https://t.co/ClGwEWCoWu
— Justin Schuh (@justinschuh) January 31, 2017
What is the reason for this? Justin Schuh, security engineer for the popular Google Chrome, he explained it on his Twitter. Windows Defender "does not break any of the security mechanisms" built into Chrome, something that does happen quite frequently with other antivirus programs., he assured.
For its part, O'Callahan stated that there is sufficient evidence that antivirus does not improve system security at all. and that only provide “temporary solutions” that cause bugs that hackers can exploit.
The end of antivirus?
Although this opinion is impossible to believe, it is well founded. Since As time goes by, these “guardians” only grow older and obsolete. And if this is not enough for you, let me tell you that Even Symantec, the company responsible for the famous Norton Antivirus, admitted that its product cannot protect its users.
The statements of O'Callahan relies on the significant number of bugs found by Google's Project Zero about programs from multiple companies. ESET, Symantec, Avast, Trend Micro, AVG, Comodo, Avira, Kaspersky. The programmer explains that "These errors indicate that these products not only open up many attack vectors, but, in general, “Its developers do not follow standard security practices.”
O'Callahan says that Antiviruses can generate more risk situations than protection. for not following standard safety regulations and that They even sometimes break the code of other programs to do their thing.
Tell us in the comments box, Do you think our guardians will become our new enemies?
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