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Do you use an antivirus? Why, or why not?
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You dont need an antivirus if you don't run software from unknown sources, and you keep your machine up to date.
For the most part, if you do all that and you're still attacked, they would probably get past an antivirus, anyways. I've never had an antivirus catch anything after decades of running Windows.
A bit thing to note for people running home servers is to watch what they expose to the internet. Insecure software and insecure configurations are huge targets for botnets these days.