I legitimately have not had virus issues with Windows in over a decade. Using uBlock Origin for ad blocking and the built in Microsoft antivirus. Every few months for the first few years I’d put it through the wringer of a bunch of USB-bootable antivirus scanners. They kept finding nothing, so I slowed and eventually stopped bothering.
Trying to run pirated games will burn you occasionally, though.
But that’s okay. My gaming PC is only for gaming. If it manages to get a virus that I can’t quickly resolve, I’ll just wipe it and restore from backup. And the biggest tragedy there will be that I won’t be able to play games for a few hours. Meanwhile, my Linux PC that does everything important is completely safe.
I legitimately have not had virus issues with Windows in over a decade. Using uBlock Origin for ad blocking and the built in Microsoft antivirus. Every few months for the first few years I’d put it through the wringer of a bunch of USB-bootable antivirus scanners. They kept finding nothing, so I slowed and eventually stopped bothering.
Common sense and an ad blocker do wonders.
To be fair, me neither, but every time somebody has an infected machine, it is windows
Trying to run pirated games will burn you occasionally, though.
But that’s okay. My gaming PC is only for gaming. If it manages to get a virus that I can’t quickly resolve, I’ll just wipe it and restore from backup. And the biggest tragedy there will be that I won’t be able to play games for a few hours. Meanwhile, my Linux PC that does everything important is completely safe.