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Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by SignMeTheHELLUp on Monday January 11, 2016 @03:30PM (#10883222)
You shouldn't. Antivirus is a relic of the early 2000's.
Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by sarciszewski on Monday January 11, 2016 @04:11PM (#10883592)
Let me back this comment up with some reading material and useful resources:

http://decentsecurity.com/about/ (This entire website)

https://www.microsoft.com/emet (for Windows)

https://paragonie.com/blog/2015/06/guide-securing-your-busin... (basic web security advice for non-technical people)

You don't need AntiVirus.

Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by ucho on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @04:24AM (#10886348)
I it is not that we don't need it but it is finally obvious that there is no reliable way to detect harmful software. All we are left with is putting each and every application in sandbox, unable to interact with any other software or user data. It is just very hard to make that user friendly and acceptable for average Joe.
Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by cenal on Monday January 11, 2016 @04:04PM (#10883522)
This is basically my stance at this point.
Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by Eduard on Monday January 11, 2016 @04:09PM (#10883582)
Yeah, like condoms...
Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by SignMeTheHELLUp on Monday January 11, 2016 @04:33PM (#10883770)
No, not like condoms. If STDs became blockable with common sense and condoms started shipping with perforations and prickles on the inside then yes, but that's not the case is it.
Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by paulddraper on Monday January 11, 2016 @04:46PM (#10883835)
I think he was trying to draw an analogy between installing untrusted software, and getting intimate with untrusted people. Both are avoidable.

One obvious difference is that the consequences of mistakes can be higher for STDs then for infected computers, but that's the analogy.

Re:TrendMicro Node.js HTTP server listening on localhost can... by nly on Monday January 11, 2016 @07:47PM (#10884798)
Condoms also prevent pregnancy. This comparison is ridiculous.