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The people making decisions about what security products to buy can be very, very far removed from people who understand security. Windows defender, bless it, h
by duaneb 11y ago
The people making decisions about what security products to buy can be very, very far removed from people who understand security. Windows defender, bless it, has changed it to a security built on ignorance.
- voltagex_ 11y agoI count myself as reasonably informed about security threats, I've been recommending Defender / Security Essentials to people instead of AVG/Avast/Comodo/Symantec for home users. Dismissive, brief statements like yours don't really help - they don't give me enough information to go research whether I should be recommending something else (including offering financial support to pay for subscriptions) I know that Defender doesn't have the world's best detection rate but isn't it better than an expired copy of McAffee? Should I be recommending EMET? Virtual Machines? Qubes OS?
- emodendroket 11y agoAs far as I know, even the best antivirus products are only like 50% effective.
- duaneb 11y agoI said can be, I did not intend to whitewash every Microsoft installation.
- afreak 11y agoHere's a better question: how do you qualify a "good" anti-virus engine?
- joenathan 11y agoCan you expand on your Windows Defender statement? I've heard nothing but good things from techs about it. I know it's not useful against zero days because it is signature based, but uses less system resources as a result.
- duaneb 11y agoMy "bless it" was serious, not sarcastic. Windows defender is an excellent product. It obsoleted much of the industry.