Antivirus scans are one of those things added on IT checklists to cover their ass whenever something wrong happens.<p>But it rarely is useful. It only causes problems. We&#x27;ve seen so many issues related to virus scans throughout the years it&#x27;s crazy.<p>What&#x27;s better is to lock down the servers with only minimal access. I haven&#x27;t used virus scan on my main desktop for over 10 years because I don&#x27;t click on weird emails and I don&#x27;t go to sketchy websites ever.  Sure there&#x27;s the risk of malware from ads I suppose, but I&#x27;m not that worried.