On the surface it claims to enhance your security, but set aside the name ‘antivirus’ for a moment and think. Is it a good security decision to install an application that:
Has full administrative access to all your data and monitors your digital activities
Uploads your data at its discretion to a remote server you can’t audit or control
Processes untrusted inputs (files to scan for malware) on an ongoing basis with those high privs
It’s a security design nightmare. Antivirus is a symptom of a problem – flaws in the design of an OS, not a solution to malware. At best it’s a band-aid. At worst, it is itself a vector for violating your security and privacy.
Antivirus is an abomination.
On the surface it claims to enhance your security, but set aside the name ‘antivirus’ for a moment and think. Is it a good security decision to install an application that:
It’s a security design nightmare. Antivirus is a symptom of a problem – flaws in the design of an OS, not a solution to malware. At best it’s a band-aid. At worst, it is itself a vector for violating your security and privacy.