{"id":82758,"date":"2017-04-10T11:30:40","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.quickheal.com\/?p=82758"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:54:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T06:24:36","slug":"5-common-myths-that-stop-people-from-using-an-antivirus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/5-common-myths-that-stop-people-from-using-an-antivirus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Common Myths that Stop People from Using an Antivirus"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the growth of cyber threats and malware artists is rampant, most of us still feel that antivirus for our computer is unnecessary and may cause more trouble than it\u2019s worth. Here are some myths that stop people from using an antivirus<\/a>, where we also tell you why should you have one.<\/p>\n

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Fact<\/strong>: In today’s time, no website is safe.<\/div>\n
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Fact<\/strong>: Antivirus software are now designed to use minimal system resources.<\/div>\n
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Fact<\/strong>: If you use the Internet, then any amount of data can be misused by attackers.<\/div>\n
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Fact<\/strong>: An age-old myth. Mac users need as much protection as users of Windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"slide12\"Fact<\/strong>: Without connecting to the Internet, there is virtually no use of having a computer.<\/div>\n
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Why should you invest in an antivirus?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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While the growth of cyber threats and malware artists is rampant, most of us still feel that antivirus for our computer is unnecessary and may cause more trouble than it\u2019s worth. Here are some myths that stop people from using an antivirus, where we also tell you why should you have one. MYTHS Fact: In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":82763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[354,5,36,6],"tags":[1314,1315],"class_list":["post-82758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-security-2","category-security","category-security-patch","category-tips","tag-antivirus-myths","tag-antivirus-software"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82758"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84122,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82758\/revisions\/84122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}