topic Re: Antivirus in Broadband

Antivirus

1954eamonn — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:25:31 GMT

Just getting sky broadband, what sort of antivirus protection does sky over ie Norton or mafee ,or do it have to buy my own as last supplier gave one free

Re: Antivirus

jamesn123 — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:31:33 GMT

@1954eamonn

You'll have to buy your own Sky does not provide any

Re: Antivirus

TimmyBGood — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:41:04 GMT

@1954eamonn

In the past there was a promotion between Sky and McAfee, and you'll still see references to that online, but it hasn't been in operation for several years.

Re: Antivirus

1954eamonn — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:25:40 GMT

can any one recommend an antivirus for broadband

Re: Antivirus

TimmyBGood — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:53:41 GMT

@1954eamonn

Antivirus software has no particular relationship with broadband.

Personally I haven't seen an actual virus (self replicating code) for well over a decade: anyone who discovers a flaw in a modern operating system these days sells it to either the OS owner or a state security agency for serious money rather than releasing an exploit into the wild for the lulz, and the average civilian is extremely unlikely to ever encounter such code unless they've seriously upset some powerful people.

Malicious software (and particularly ransomware) which a user actively chooses to install believing it to be something else is different.