News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by Artlav on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:20AM (#14085311)
No. Why would you even use Windows in 2017?
Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by romanovcode on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @06:22AM (#14086361)
Don't want to be a buzzkill but MacOS malware is growing faster then Windows malware ever was. 2016 MacOS malware up by ~750%[0].

2017 will be even bigger. The more users you have - the more malware you get.

[0] https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/06/mac-malware-up-744-perc...

Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by behnamoh on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @02:40PM (#14091082)
Percentage increases don't tell you the whole story.

For example suppose you have only "1" malware for your OS. Next year you have "2", a 100% growth rate.

Now suppose you have a shitty OS with 1000 malware. Next year it has 1200 malware, a 20% growth rate.

Someone without this knowledge would go about and claim the second OS is "safer", but the truth is both OS's are just experiencing an exponential growth rate, the first OS is just at the first stages of the curve.

Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by romanovcode on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:31AM (#14095829)
I was not implying that. What I said is that MacOS malware grows like crazy.
[dead]
Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by telebone_man on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:01AM (#14085720)
I genuinely thought this was going to end with a /s... Really?

I shut down my Windows 10 Laptop before leaving work yesterday. I forgot to sign into the newly setup wifi. So I connected my Windows 10 phone to it.

My Windows 10 phone has my Windows Live account on it. As does my Windows 10 Laptop.

Today, I logged into my Windows 10 laptop using my Windows Live username and password, and yesterdays WiFi settings (that I setup on my phone) instantly sync'd with my Windows 10 laptop.

At the same time, my Onedrive account sync'd all the files I'd been working on last night, on my Windows 10 desktop.

You can get the same 'least amount of work' experience if you fully invest in the Microsoft ecosystem (onedrive.. live.. etc..).

Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by offerquant on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:18AM (#14086063)
As you can do it in Chromebook with your android devices or with Mac and iOS devices...

MS was the last to implement it though...

Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by telebone_man on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @08:12AM (#14086924)
Are you trying to imply something?
Re:Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017? by offerquant on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @09:09AM (#14087331)
Nope. Just pointing out, that what you described above is pretty common. You don't need to "fully invest in the Microsoft ecosystem"

Peace