Antivirus

[1954eamonn]

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

[jamesn123]

@1954eamonn 

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

[TimmyBGood]

@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.

[1954eamonn]

can any one recommend an antivirus for broadband

[TimmyBGood · Accepted solution]

@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.