TechRepublic - IT Security: Myth: I'm not really at risk

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July 22nd, 2007
By Chad Perrin

I regularly hear variations on a theme:

* "Security vendors blow the threat out of proportion. Don't worry so much about it."

* "I'm a careful computer user. I've been using computers for years without antivirus solutions and have never been infected."

* "There's nothing on my computer that anyone wants. Nobody's going to bother cracking security on this machine - and even if they did, they'd be disappointed and find someone else to bother."

* "Security software itself introduces more problems than it solves. I'm better off without it."

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