When did antivirus software become worse than actual viruses

Since the first anti-virus software was launched

>>58340151
When you ignored /g/ recommendation to install gentoo.

>>58340199
/thread

>>58340151
When you use shitty freeware programs and continue installing the browser add ons.

>>58340151
From the fucking beginning

Common Sense doesn't have this problem

>>58341739
avast tries to install it without asking nowadays

>>58340151

A browser add on is not an antivirus you goddamn retard. Even if it's developed by the same company and has the same name, it's still a standalone software that you can choose to install or not to install independently of whether if you have installed the antivirus or not. Retard.

>>58340151
>using avast
>installing useless extensions
When you are a shitty user.

when av companies started hiring hackers/virus writers

>>58340151
A decent adblocker is a better anti-virus tool than the antivirus programs themselves nowadays. And of course "common sense 2017" too.

>>58340151
Avast stopped being good back in 2012 you idiot. Use Avira if you are going to use a free AV.

>>58340151
>>58343171
>using any antivirus other than Malwarebytes
It's like you WANT your computer to get fried.

>avast
>avg
>avira
>MCcuckee
when will you retards learn
Go and install pando media booster while you're at it

>>58342737
the browser addon got installed by the antivirus without asking and avast also installed its own useless chrome fork (safe zone browser)

>>58343758

I just installed avast on a VM to check. You should go back to high school and learn to read faggot.

>>58340151
that's because it wants to read all your network traffic

blame chrome for having such a shit security model and naming

but seriously, yes, do not install that

>>58344992
have you looked at the screenshot ? it cleary says that the addon got installed by another programm and it is not hard to guess that avast installed the avast browser addon

so what AV does /g/ recommend?

>>58345398
I need to know this as well. But after reading this thread, I'm afraid we are starting a war by asking this lol