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I don't know if there ever was.. The old advice of 'Be sensible and don't open stupid files or visit stupid websites or follow phishing links' should solve most potential problems.



I lived through the virus era and that most certainly wouldn’t solve most problems back then.


Especially with windows defender, which really has few cons (it'll take up resources sometimes), it seems like a "better to have a condom and not need it" sort of situation.




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