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Note that one of the antivirus software vendors that does this correctly is, in fact, Microsoft Defender. If you haven't installed dodgy third-party AV, you're
by LeifCarrotson 9y ago
Note that one of the antivirus software vendors that does this correctly is, in fact, Microsoft Defender.
If you haven't installed dodgy third-party AV, you're fine.
- koolba 9y agoWhich third-party AV isn't dodgy?
- lucb1e 9y agoclamav Unfortunately I have no reason to use it, though. I don't even know whether it's any good. But at least I know it's not dodgy!
- bitwize 9y agoIn terms of catching viruses that are out there in the wild, ClamAV is the least good antivirus solution. But hey, open source and completely auditable!
- verall 9y agoClamav (clamWin) will happily false positive and quarantine all sorts of files on a windows box, occasionally including required system files. I've tried it on 3 different boxes at different times over the past ~5 years and the amount of false positives was insane every time. I don't think its ready to be run on Windows boxes unless you are a power user willing to manually verify ~100 files are not actually malware.
- Feniks 9y agoMalwarebytes? Not really an AV I guess.
- tedunangst 9y agoYou're not fine if you've disabled Windows Defender.