Practcing Safe Hex (Being careful) is good but even being careful you can get Bit by malware.
Just read one of the "Best Products" reviews.. Not sure I agree with 'em since they listed Kaperski and McAffee. but Malware Bytes and the other two I use all made the list.
Kaperski is a Russian firm which has recently been caught in a virus distribution scandle.. Seems they got hacked so their Anti-malware product was actually Spy Ware And the US government was the target!!!!
McAffee.. Not only does the man who gave the company his name have a criminal problem but I have long suspected and finally got confirmation that they engaged in a practice called "Seeding the market" (Distribution of mostly harmless virus programs, Of course NO Virus program is totally harmless) Or so my source said.
Of course that was a long time ago.. But That is why I don't buy that product.
(The Kaperski thing was earlier this year).