I’ve mentioned before that I no longer run antivirus software on most of my Windows machines, but Bruce Schneier has just posted a persuasive argument in favor of it in most cases, despite the flaws.

But persuasive or not, it doesn’t change my opinion or my stance on the systems I control. Antivirus is generally a good thing, but on several CPU-challenged systems that I run, it’s more of a hassle than a help. If malware manages to penetrate one of those systems at some point, I may re-think that. Until then, it stays off.

(For the curious, and those about to flame me in the comments, please read the original article that Schneier is responding to first. Like Ranum, I am using other — and more effective — forms of security on those machines, just not an antivirus program.)