if i go buy a new car, there is really nothing i need to buy afterwards to make that car do what it's suppose to do, be reliable, and be safe. For instance I don't need to have seat belts installed in the car, the manufacturer did that among other things to make it a safe car.
why is it then when you get a new computer with microsoft windows, let's say versions 7 and later I'll be nice and give XP and vista a pass, that you have to go out and basically purchase nowadays an antivirus program to be "effectively" protected when using the computer?
i'm surprised that this loop hole or double standard is allowed to persist and not be acknowledged, especially nowadays with computers controlling everything and the significant impact of computer crimes. I also don't quite understand how folks like McAfee and Norton who write antivirus software can be viewed as experts regarding the subject when it's running on top of the Windows operating system. You would think the folks at Microsoft who design and implement the Windows operating system would know best how to fix, prevent, and close the issue of virus's entirely, since they are the ones who are writing the code and know what it does.
why is it then when you get a new computer with microsoft windows, let's say versions 7 and later I'll be nice and give XP and vista a pass, that you have to go out and basically purchase nowadays an antivirus program to be "effectively" protected when using the computer?
i'm surprised that this loop hole or double standard is allowed to persist and not be acknowledged, especially nowadays with computers controlling everything and the significant impact of computer crimes. I also don't quite understand how folks like McAfee and Norton who write antivirus software can be viewed as experts regarding the subject when it's running on top of the Windows operating system. You would think the folks at Microsoft who design and implement the Windows operating system would know best how to fix, prevent, and close the issue of virus's entirely, since they are the ones who are writing the code and know what it does.