I go by: If you are not sure you need a good one, buy the first one for cheap. Of you break it, buy a quality one. You obviously need it.

There will always be new malware. Just update regularly and use your head. Don’t worry about it too much

You could also ise a library. The ones I have used are free or almost free

I would say ~10 years is normal for a murder in Germany and other European countries. I don’t know about current Russia but here the idea is jail time should lead to rehabilitation and a bit of punishment. In the US it is much more focused on punishment.

There was also the excellent Northstar mod that kept the multiplayer game alive until now…