How Often Do You Scan Your Computer For Malware?

I don't scan my computer anymore for viruses, malware, etc. and it's been like that for over two years now. If you're careful enough with what you're doing while using your computer than you should be safe. I've never had any problems with my OS during my last two upgrades to OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 ML. It'll likely continue until the next version which should be 10.9 or something.

Just enjoy your computer and that's it for me.
 
Every single day, man. It's vital. You'll never know the day your comp catches something. I always have my antivirus to check for spyware/malware/viruses/etc every time I start up the comp.

I may sound paranoid, but I've had a couple cases before! So, it's always good to stay on the safe side. ;)
 
I haven't initiated any virus/malware scan on my computers in over 3 years. That being said I do run a reverse firewall to aleart me to anything trying to "phone home" and my AV software runs in the background 24/7. so I think I'm pretty well safe.
 
I don't scan my netbook for any viruses, and stuff of that kind. I only scan the USBs I plug in.
 
I check my computer once a month, usually the last Friday of the month.
 
I don't manually scan, but MalwareBytes pro does an active scan and AVG scans every so often... I generally don't pay much attention because I don't need to. They keep me safe... but I know what to do if I do get one, so not too worried about it.
 
No, I haven't scanned my computer ever since I bought it like 5 years ago. I don't really have a anti-virus program on my computer, well, unless you count Windows Defender as one.
 
Manually? Maybe once every three or four months. I have software that scans my laptop constantly for these things, and individually scanning my files takes the better part of 4-5 hours, and I can't do anything else in the meantime, so I rarely do it. I need my laptop during the day, and I don't want to leave it running overnight.

I figure if there is anything I need to know about, the monthly report I get will tell me, or I'll get a pop-up in the corner of my screen telling me not to download what I'm trying to download, or view the site in question. It works well enough, and since I pay monthly insurance on my laptop (which is a lifesaver, because I accidentally broke the screen once and it would have cost a fortune to replace it) I'm not TOO concerned about it. At least, not too much...
 
I scan my desktop daily while I'm at work and my laptop maybe once a month. I'm not overly concerned about my desktop's safety or anything; scanning just makes me feel like I'm being productive while I'm not home.

Every now and then I'll find one malware/adware file, but that's it.
 
I have Common Sense 2013 doing a passive scan at all times.
 
I usually scan my computers for malware/virus every 2-3 months. I just recently upgraded my computer to Windows 8 which is apparently more secure than Windows 7.
I have my data on a separate drive to my operating system, so I'm not worried if my O/S gets infected, I just format the drive and re-install O/S.
I may swap to solid state drives and use my 2TB DATA drive as an external USB drive.
 
About once a month is good for me. I would scan a little more often, but I've never really gotten anything terrible since I started using an efficient anti-virus.
 
We have Kapersky Internet Security and it just did what's called a Full Scan 4 hours ago and what's called a Critical Area Scan 17 hours ago, and I beleive it basically scans the computer practically everyday or so. We have dealt with viruses and malware on previous computers so it's to to make sure the computer's safe this time. When I get a computer of my own , I probably will get a anti-virus thing that scans it as often as possible.
 
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