保持Windows 7更新是否不需要使用防病毒软件？

If you are new to computing, you may wonder if having anti-virus software is really necessary if you keep your system updated. Are updates alone enough to keep a system secure? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post discusses the situation to help a new computer user make the right decision.

如果您不熟悉计算，那么您可能想知道，如果保持系统更新，是否真的需要安装防病毒软件。 仅更新一项就足以确保系统安全吗？ 今天的SuperUser Q＆A帖子讨论了这种情况，以帮助新的计算机用户做出正确的决定。

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.

今天的“问答”环节由SuperUser提供，它是Stack Exchange的一个分支，该社区是由社区驱动的Q＆A网站分组。

问题 (The Question)

SuperUser reader John Sonderson wants to know if keeping Windows 7 updated is enough to stay secure or if he should also have anti-virus software installed:

超级用户读者John Sonderson想知道是否保持Windows 7的更新足以确保安全，或者是否还应该安装防病毒软件：

I was thinking, given that I keep Windows 7 regularly updated through Windows Update, does this make having anti-virus software installed a useless gesture? I may well be a naive user, but it seems to me that if security concerns are found, then any patches to the operating system to close those security holes should solve the problem.

考虑到通过Windows Update定期更新Windows 7，我在想，这是否使安装防病毒软件毫无用处？ 我可能是一个天真的用户，但是在我看来，如果发现安全隐患，那么对操作系统进行任何补丁来弥补这些安全漏洞都可以解决该问题。

So, if my Windows 7 system is up to date via Windows Update, and I do not use an administrator account (but a restricted account instead), do I still need anti-virus software?

因此，如果我的Windows 7系统通过Windows Update是最新的，并且我不使用管理员帐户(而是受限帐户)，是否仍需要防病毒软件？

Is keeping his Windows 7 system updated via Windows Update enough to keep his system secure, or should he install anti-virus software as well?

通过Windows Update对其Windows 7系统进行更新是否足以确保其系统安全，还是应该安装防病毒软件？

答案 (The Answer)

SuperUser contributors Scott Chamberlain and Frank Thomas have the answer for us. First up, Scott Chamberlain:

超级用户贡献者Scott Chamberlain和Frank Thomas为我们提供了答案。 首先，斯科特·张伯伦：

Updates to Windows will not protect you from software that you yourself have run. If you are tricked into running a malicious program, it can unleash its payload.

Windows更新不会保护您免受您自己运行的软件的侵害。 如果您被诱骗运行恶意程序，它将释放其有效负载。

You also state, “…if I keep myself logged in as a regular user without administrative privileges” but get a UAC prompt from a program and type in the administrator credentials, it does not matter that you are a regular user.

您还指出：“…如果我让自己以没有管理权限的常规用户身份登录”，但是从程序中获得UAC提示并输入管理员凭据，则您是常规用户也没关系。

Windows Update does not protect you from bugs in other software like your web browser (unless you are using Internet Explorer), so a virus could get in that way (which anti-virus software would have blocked).

Windows Update不能保护您免受其他软件(例如Web浏览器)的错误的影响(除非您使用的是Internet Explorer)，因此，病毒可能会以这种方式进入(该防病毒软件会阻止)。

Lastly, even if the program never gets administrative privileges and does not use any exploits in Windows, there are still plenty of bad things it can do within the bounds of a restricted user account. A non-elevated program can read almost all the files on your hard-drive and send that information anywhere it wants. If you have any valuable information on your hard-drive, the malware author now has a copy of that information as well.

最后，即使该程序从未获得管理特权并且在Windows中未使用任何漏洞利用程序，在受限用户帐户的范围内，它仍然可以做很多坏事。 非高架程序可以读取硬盘驱动器上的几乎所有文件，并将该信息发送到所需的任何位置。 如果您的硬盘驱动器上有任何有价值的信息，恶意软件作者现在也将拥有该信息的副本。

Followed by the answer from Frank Thomas:

随后是弗兰克·托马斯(Frank Thomas)的回答：

No. Windows Update often patches vulnerabilities used by worms and viruses, but rarely affects a trojan’s ability to mess you over. Additionally, lots of bad software can affect you and your user profile without administrative privileges. Back in 2010, we were removing fake anti-virus apps from systems where no admin had ever logged in.

不会。WindowsUpdate经常修补蠕虫和病毒使用的漏洞，但很少影响特洛伊木马的能力。 此外，许多不良软件会在没有管理特权的情况下影响您和您的用户资料。 早在2010年，我们就从没有管理员登录的系统中删除了伪造的防病毒应用程序。

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翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/204892/does-keeping-windows-7-updated-make-anti-virus-software-unnecesary/