[rudra]

dean. you can visit iffy sites all you want. But please do it on a vm with virtualized storage and no direct outside storage access from inside.. on a good spec machine, keeping a vm is like keeping a browser open or something like that.

so you dump things on a storage from inside and to access those things from outside, you fire up some 'not realtime' antivirus and antimalwares from outside and run scans. May be even make use of virustotal on files of size less than 100 mb, just to stay on the safe side.

The other important thing to realize is that 'NO' antivitus is gonna save you from zero days and serious big effort infection campaigns. The security companies always play the catch up game. only being very careful and adhereing to a strict good habit can save you a bit better.

People often want an antivirus/antimalware that they can run realtime in the background and then go on being an ignorant kid with no need to worry about what you do ever. Like a digital mother figure to keep you safe always and lets you be free of stress and worry.

But by installing any antivirus, what you get is just opening a broad access path to your private digital world for another bunch of unknowns with just equal level of capacity of wrecking havok and profiteering from access to personal data. I believe the level of security you get in return can not even be at the level they have for their own systems and even those get hacked.

So why fool yourself ?

But the reality is that not everyone can find the time to regularly update themselves on security practices and so need to outsource that the best they can. Thats where they come and belong.