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Why do SO many people with computers not install Anti - Virus or Anti - Spyware software?

Considering we all know there are viruses and spyware circulating out there. And considering there are so many excellent free Anti - Virus and Anti - Spyware software out there, why is it there are still so many people that never install them? I'm actually interested in hearing from people with PCs not Mac or Linux users that do not currently have this stuff installed? Why? to answer #3. you're absolutely right. they don't have the software to protect themselves. they screw with limewire. and then are here on Y!Answers saying "is this a virus"

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antivirus is not needed imo if you know whats up. antispyware definitely is and a software firewall is. and why no antivirus?. cause they almost always cause issues and a performance hit. i havent used one in over 2 years with no problems
Not everyone who has a compter knows enough about computers to know that there is anti - virus and anti - spyware software on there computer. I do not know how many computers I have had to get this type of software installed onto because of my friend's or family member's ignorance
I can not understand it either, it might be because they do not understand what it does, or do not know what to use. AVG anti - virus has saved me 3 times when I was trying to install files from isohunt.com that were really viruses
it mostly because although they are aware of danger viruses make, they do not have money to buy antivirus
because they think there computer will not get infected or they just do not have a brain
some do not know about it and others do not realize the trouble they are causing themselves until it's too late. others could not care less until something happens. then they are the ones that scream the loudest
That's a great question. And it is precisely why Panda Software launched their new "Infected or Not?" campaign. The whole point of it is to raise awareness on that exact matter and, of course, they get to promote their new products. They let people try Panda's latest detection tools for free at infectedornot.com, then they gather statistics from these free trials which are later published as an "Infection Index" Infex The results are shocking. Most of the pcs are infected, even the ones that are kinda protected by some antivirus software

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