This is terrifying - you have to see how Artificial Intelligence is being used to write malware! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gclymsx3vLvWkYk.html&ab_channel=LironSegev

Lets address some common comments: 1. "I don't get a virus as I use common sense" - if the largest corporates in the world get hacked with multi-million dollar tech and training, trust me when I say your "common sense" isn't a defense. Literally, anyone can be caught off guard, unfocused, or even threatened (seen this firsthand). 2. "I don't have an anti-virus and I have been fine for years" - If you run Windows with constant updates, the operating system has safeguards built in. Unless you specifically disabled those in the registry, they are there. 3. "I never install anything/ I never click on an email" - you don't have to. Just visiting specific sites that have malware on them, makes you a target (see this video where I show it - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pNGga9tzsp2wYIU.html) 4. "I removed Windows and use Linux" - congrats. your parents must be proud. Fact is that Linux for Desktop for a typical home used is shit. Its free and yet still less than 1% of the OS world wide - why is that? oh right - its shit. For servers and security/ pentesting there is no better than Linux. For home user, its shit. 5. "I haven't been infected without any security" - how do you know? Malware that adds its targets onto the BotNet hides and uses your system. This can happen for years before you even know its there. Just Google stories on corporate hacks and see how long the malware was active before they detected it....sometimes its years. 6. "I have downloaded pirated software for years with no issues" - Thanks for admitting it and putting that on line thinking its never going to bite you. Good luck with that. Re: no issues, see point number 5. 7. "They don't want my stuff" - nope. They do. If they are on your computer and see nothing they like (like the passwords you are still saving in your browser), they use your own email system to send emails to all your contacts to infect them. Every piece of information has value to someone. 8. "I never open emails I don't know" - Really? So if your mom/ best friend sends you an email, you wouldn't open it? See point 7. My point is simple: Security is complicated. There is no "just do this and nothing will happen". As they say in the business, there are two types of people in the world: Those who have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked. The aim is to share as much security knowledge as I can with you to minimize you being a target of this multi-million industry. If this channel is not for you, feel free not to watch. It's free for you to watch with no paywall barrier. Costs me a fortune to run, but I do this to help as many people as I can not. I work in this industry and see first-hand how devastating identity fraud can be. How devastating extortion/ blackmail is on a family when someone threatens to release private moments onto the net. I want to prevent that from happening to as many people as I can. If you think you are smarter than all the corporates in the world, all the government agencies in the world, and all the people who hang out on the Darkweb - be my guest. For the rest of us, I share the info freely so you can make educated decisions. You are my people and is why I do this!

The best part of this video is that you went through each internet activity and explained the likelihood of getting viruses from that activity.

The best anti-virus methodology is cutting off the fingers of most users.

Lol and there is me using my laptop and computer without Antivirus for 4+ years 😂

Love to see an android security/antivirus/firewall vid!

I've tried out the Adobe torrent you've shown and I did not get infected with any ransom, How so? I do believe if you're careful about what you do and what you run, you can easily have a malware free machine. Not-to-mention, Windows Security drastically slows down the performance of your system when booting, downloading/bulk file changes/ etc.

Great upload as always! Any infection I've had on pc has always been my own stupid behaviour surfing the web. Lesson learned. 😂

Yes please show the best cellphone protection software

One of the best free ways to prevent yourself from getting viruses is to be thoughtful about what you download. This is a good rule of internet usage in general.

AMEN Brother … another great video! I have always wondered. Thank you for sharing your education and experience! I love your channel and use it to educate myself as an independent contractor. Thanks again!

Love your work Liron...thanks again.

You have very interesting videos, that's why I subscribed quite a while ago. It's a miracle how the hair on your face changed it's color, must be the editing you do! LOL!!

You do such a fantastic job on all your videos with loads of useful tips and info. Very much appreciated!

Excellent advice, thanks. I would definitely want to see a video about the best phone anti-virus etc.

Hey, it would also be very interesting to see what the result looks like when your PC gets a public IP and not the home network IP. Your computer is protected by the firewall of the router against netscans and penetrations attacks. For example, setting up the router in bridge mode or exposed host, so that the PC can be reached from outside via the public ip directly.

Another excellent content! Thank you! Yes, please what kind of antivirus/firewall can you suggest for android phones? Thanks!

Great episode!

Enjoyed the video, thanks for making it. BTW Im looking for a new cleaning tool since bleachbit doesnt cover brave browser. Do you have any siggestions?

Hello Mr. Segev! I was actually curious about which antivirus for the best protection against malware and other security vulnerabilities and VPN services are the best for someone who occasionally has to take their laptop to a college campus for classes. I know not to trust public Wi-Fi and I keep hearing that VPNs can really help bypass potential threats like man-in-the-middle attacks. Which antivirus software and VPN services do you recommend from an honest viewpoint? Currently, I have McAfee Live safe antivirus installed which is supposed to have a VPN service. Spoiler alert, it doesn’t have one in my plan. It was supposed to have it though. Also is it true that McAfee antivirus becomes a virus threat after your plan expires? Thank you for taking time to read this and I’d appreciate a honest response sir. Be safe!

Really interesting, thanks so much. In the days of Windows XP I would often 'try out' software from sources as you just demonstrated, that may or may not have been legal/cracked/keygen, but these days there is no point. Plenty of free software that is perfectly safe to use, Like davinci resolve or audacity faststone img burn.

I have an idea you are working with a MS computer. Do you have any information in regards to all of us that are running Linux computers? In particular Ubuntu?

I didn't see an antivirus warning in years, I could go indefinitely without, it's all about discipline. No USB drives from friends, only official sites, no files from strangers or unrequested.

Torrents (at least for executables) have been notorious for a long time as sources of viruses. It's gotten to the point where files are more likely to be infected than not infected. Even legal software from torrents should be scanned for viruses. And one should always run an ad-blocker in their browser. You can easily whitelist safe sites for it. It saves a lot of reboots.

Great vid. Always wanted to do this but don't have the knowledge to protect my PC from damage. As you touched on something at the end could you help a little? I have tried unzipping a keygen in sandboxie but the process doesn't seem to work. It should unzip? So thinking the creator has made the keygen so it can't be 'safely' opened? Possible? I also get BitDefender blocking things like BitComet update.

something about the last part of this video just seems fishy to me. while it's true that you can get viruses from pirated software, i don't think downloading one torrent off of the pirate bay would just give you ransomware flat out.

Thank you so much for the valuable information that you are sharing with us!

do you have an up to date method for virus protection/spam/mallware/firewall/ransomware? I noticed that you posted a video 2 years ago, is this still valid?

It's another great show again, I would like you to cover Antivirus for phones. Not sure if they can do much.

there is never anything left on my computer so I'm not sure what they could be encrypting . What did you do when the ransomeware took over , reinstall your os , wiping your ssd ?

Great video experiment this was vary informative

Great video keep up the good work

Yes a video on antivirus software for phones would be interesting and very useful!

I’ve been using pirate bay for decades without issue

Thanks for your valuable work Liron. I am using Bitdefender and am pissed off because it behaves like bloatware - popup ads, installs unwanted utilities etc. Treats the customer like a mark. Makes me want to cancel subscription and wing it without antivirus. Could you, or have you, done a video on this irksome issue?

The earlier experiments are convincing. But downloading the installer from torrent and getting a ramsomware is somewhat unreal. Hahaha.

I’m curious for utility recommendations for iPhones and Mac computers-they don’t seem to be popular on major tech websites.

Yes, I would be interested in iPhone & iPad antivirus protection. Thank you.

Yes! I would like you to do a video on antivirus for phones!

thanks for this video question beside the Microsoft antivirus wich one for malware is good if there any for pc?

Thank you so much Liron ....... please make a video about Antivirus for Smartphone.

Interesting experiment, with surprising results. I'd definitely like to see a video about the best phone anti-virus for android phones.

If you had just downloaded the app and right clicked it and scanned it with an installed Anti Virus program,would the virus have been detected allowing you to safely delete it? Many of these cracked programs tell you to turn of your Anti Virus before installing, probably before the crack is applied.

This was fun and informative. Yes, I'd like your input on antivirus for Android. Someone said that pr0n sites are less likely to give users viruses and malware (but they let the models exchange viruses with each other). That's because they're running profitable businesses and want people returning. File sharing sites with viruses and malware? You betcha!

7 years and would have been more had my integrated video card not went out.

thanks for another great video!

Yes I'd love to see a video on anti virus software for android phones, thank u 👍😊

I didn't know it was a misconception that people think they will 'immediately' get infected, though they could. I always thought of it as the odds. If you don't get in an accident your first trip to the store, do you stop wearing your seatbelt? That said, it's good to know you can even be trying to get infected and still avoid it.

Wow, would love to see vid on antivirus and firewall on Apple Mac, iPhone and IPad. I currently have none and feeling very stupid.😒

Liron - whats proper way setup ransomware protection in windows 10 ? My files are being blocked...

It's what you do on the net that causes problems. If you don't do silly things the chances of getting infected are fairly small. I was hit once to the point that I had to refromat the laptop and install Linux to get rid of the infection but mostly people get hit by nuisance malware, not viruses. If they do the wrong thing when they get these bogus messages or emails, that is when the real hassles start. We got rid of all the BS anti virus software years ago and have just been using the Windows security software. it has done very well and most freebie anti-viruses are infuriating to live with.

24 hrs of visiting adult websites for this video... wulalaaa 🤣

Interesting video... Love this one

Yes, plz, antivirus for phone.

Definitely think most AV suites are overkill if all you are doing is facebook, youtube and the occasional innocuous google search and these suites can really slow down your computer.

Yes please cover phones as well.

I disable Win Defender these days. I just manually run a system scan once a week with Malwarebytes. I think it potentially found something small twice in the past 2 years that may have been a threat, If that.

I think your router is also protecting you from targeted attacts. open up all the ports for the laptop.

Good Deal great stuff Thanks for the education.

Liron Segev Thanks Much!

Thanks for this. I use Defender and Malwarebytes paid subscription so I just downloaded Trendmicro free to test my protection. So far so good, although it's been stuck on 3% for 10 minutes, hope is speeds up

At the end of the day, i think not having AV is pretty silly… Windows Defender is free, and there are also both free and paid alternatives from competitors. Not sure about other OSes. Does MacOS come with an in built virus scanner? How does Linux and MacOS compare?

I would like to know what should be used on my android phone

That's weird. You downloaded from a green skull on Piratebay. I've never had a virus problem from them in 17 years. And I download thousands of things from Piratebay.

So now you've been infected. With the ransom ware what would be the next? erase the hard drive, replace the hard drive?

what if you do everything in a sandbox? if your computer gets infected, will that also infect the files in your cloud storage?

Just before watching this video I watched a different one where a large malware escaped the antivirus scan, for it being too large and the scan didn't check it all, just part of it and missed the bad bits, letting the download through. And that this is becoming more common. Should I trust the 'smart scan' offered by my paid antivirus software?

I guess im just not dodgy enough? I have a laptop and a stationary running on third year now, but i never had any issues or viruses, i even pirated more than 300Gb movies and tv shows.

Very good

Did I mention that I love this guy? If I didn't, here goes "I love this guy!".

Avast boot time scan has always been my go to when in doubt

Thank you!!!!!! 😊

going on 4 yrs... dad usually gets hit in a week, he like to go places he think are things that are the thing he thinks are things! but I don't use any anymore.

Is Chromebook safe to use? Google advertising saying that the Chromebook doesn't need it because it's already protected. And what about Apple iPhones and Android phones? Do they need any antivirus protection? Thank you for sharing.

well it depends on the user or maybe just my luck but using the pirate bay or kickasstorrents, even Ares at that time I never got a virus problem.

if my iphone 14 isnt safe will you show us a good virus killer finder please , I've been told there safe but ill let you decide that 1

Yes please to video about anti-virus for phones. 🧡

When i was beginning surfing using Windows 98 i had nothing security wise protecting my system. I didn't know this at this time. it takes time to be damaged . It took several minutes just to boot. a friend suggested I bought Norton and it revealed 18 malware, 28 viruses and countless other files.

One question about 'clicking on'. Can't malware writers reconfigure the Close Window cross of a popup to actually stand as a "Yes I agree DL me some garbage" click?

Please do phones! I have droid and have been paying for anti virus for years but none of them seem to actually do anything!!

Did U shut off even windows defender and firewall for this test?

my anivirus is off for likee 3 years whats 50 hrs ?

Antivirus advice for cellphones would be cool 👍

I've been using the Windows built anti-virus for years, all the family, and even the office, never anything got in.

I am willing to bet you had the laptop connected behind a firewall (router). Run this again but this time connect the laptop directly to a modem so it gets a public ip. Having a direct connection to the internet vs running through nat might actually have something happen that would be interesting.

Thank for info

My xiaomi phone comes with anti virus same as my windows pc do they work ok or should I download a 3rd party one

I don't use any and have never had any problems. I think it creates problems that are not there.

The fact that downloading dodgy software is the best way to get a virus, is also why most "free antivirus" searches will end up with infected software. Internet is a lot like your home town: If you know where youre going youre likley to be safe, but if you go down a dark unknown alley your chances of getting attacked is inevitably higher!

I haven’t used an antivirus outside of Windows Defender in years. Kinda dumb considering I don’t know how to remove malware.

good vid as always! Keep up the greatest work!

Can u please lookup Avast anti virus as next? I have Avast premium ATM but i have heard from somewhere that they are steaning information!?

Here is the thing that I am nervous about. I am on a low fixed income. I am disabled and I have heard about these VPNs and I have heard of those password program apps that can remember and generate passwords for you but I have heard that they have given your information to the cops and I have heard that they have sold information to people? The prices are very high. Can you tell me some of the different types of information on the different types of services of the types of these services and their prices and what they offer? I wish that one would offer an anti-virus with a robocall/text killer/ID reporter all in one? If with this service you could not only do a background check on others but on yourself to check your own record and not only financial but criminal.

Dose windows scan work?

This reminds me of this woman that lives above where I work. She comes in all excited last night she got a laptop. This morning she came in all flustered because they were on file sharing sites and boom she's getting pop ups and ransomware type messages. She came back later, she'd turned off the computer, and now she can't get it to turn back on, she said it's locked out. She had it less than 24 hours. Amidst all this she asked me how to download movies. Ma'am torrenting just isn't for you. You're currently locked out and you want to try again if you get back into the laptop?

Great video. Yes , it would be great if you could make a video about phone antiviruses , and why some of them are useless ressource-eaters. Btw , as we say in linux world , keeping an os up-to-date is the only way to be 100% safe , without antivirus

I am not sure this really makes your point, after all you were just fine until you actually installed something from a suspect site. I agree it is important to keep your protection software but your video shows that common sense protects pretty well also. In over 20 years of running top brand anti-virus software none of them has ever turned up a hit on something actually "attacking" my system or found a virus other that in an email attachment I would have never opened.

you know that your ip could be stolen also do you remember when you get the "your pc has 5 viruses" ads

Malware doesn't _need_ lots of resources to operate. It could also be written to use a minimum of CPU so it is not even noticeable

Malware doesn’t want its presence known. The only malware that makes it’s presence known is Ransomware AFTER it’s already too late.