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CWuestefeld:
regardless of the efficiency of the security software used, it invariably comes down to the user being presented with a dialog
-Stoic Joker (July 27, 2015, 06:58 AM)
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Read the referenced article. They specifically address this, and the test results shows what portion of the results are dependent on the user making the right/wrong decision, and which ones are the result of the software making the correct choice automatically. Hint: the top AV programs were handling it correctly on their own, in almost all cases.

f0dder:
You have to ask yourself what you're trying to protect against, and choose product accordingly.

Nothing whatsoever is going to be a 100% guarantee against 0days, not even behavioral monitoring. But most people aren't 0day targets, anyway; the biggest risk for ordinary people is accidentally surfing by one of the automated exploit kits, and those normally use relatively old exploits - but a whole bunch of them.

I personally can't be arsed with anything beyond MSE. I'm not arrogant enough to think I'd discover it if I were explicitly targeted with an APT, and while one might argue that my browser panzering + "don't run unknown shit outside of VMs" would probably be fine, I still keep MSE around in case I poke around on an external harddrive or the like.

For normal people, MSE would also be my suggestion. You just can't expect regular non-technical John Does to run NoScript, and even legit sites that you'd keep whitelisted might be compromised. MSE tends to suit those needs, it's less resource intensive than many competitors, it's gratis, and the people that manage to get infected anyway are basically helpless :)

Tuxman:

--- ---           +------------------------------------+
           | Which Operating System do you use? |
           +------------------------------------+
            /         |             |          \
           /          |             |           \
        Mac OS      Linux         Windows      another
         /            |             |             \
        /             |             |             |
       / +-----------------------------------------+
      /  | Do you use any security software to     |
     /   | protect you from malware?               |
    /    +-----------------------------------------+
   /     |                   |                     |
  /      |                   |                     |
 /  yes, exclusively   yes, in combination         no
 |       |             with careful usage of       |
 |       |             any internet service I      |
 |       |             use   |                     |
 |       |                   |            +-----------------------------+
 |      / \                  |            | Did you disable JavaScript  |
 |     /   \                 |            | in your browsers & mail     |
 |    /     \                |            | clients?                    |
 |   /       \               |            +-----------------------------+
 |  / YOUR    \              |                     |            |
 | / SYSTEM IS \             |                     |            |
 |/   ALREADY   \            |                    yes           no
 / COMPROMISED!  \           |                     |            /
 \               /        +--------------------------+         /
  \             /         | YOU ARE SAFE! <3         |        /
   \           /          +--------------------------+       /
    \         /<--------------------------------------------+
     \______ /
                                               

f0dder:
Tuxman, that flowchart is not only elitist, it's also not very correct :)

Tuxman:
I'm open for suggestions. In general, it's not too wrong.

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