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userone--------I haven't used anti-virus in about 9 years, and I don't use a firewall. My personal and very valuable main system never sees the Internet---ever. I use an older home-built PC with practically nothing installed to surf the "Net" and to read email as well as other Internet functions. All downloads go to a "sandbox" where they are checked for malware and other nasty things. If I want one of those downloads for my main system, I put it on a USB drive and transfer it onto my main system, knowing that the program or file is completely safe. If the absolute worst happens to my old "Internet" PC and a virus cripples it (which has never happened---I have never had a virus), then it would take approx. 20 minutes to restore from a full system image. I never have to worry about my main PC.
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