20 ms·
It's only slow at file IO, yeah.
by cube2222 8y ago
It's only slow at file IO, yeah.
- bashinator 8y agoFile IO can be vastly improved by excluding the WSL OS directory from Windows Defender real-time protection. Here's a gist that has powershell and GUI instructions for accomplishing this: https://gist.github.com/noelbundick/9c804a710eb76e1d6a234b14abf42a52 https://gist.github.com/noelbundick/9c804a710eb76e1d6a234b14...
- pengwinhayden 8y agoThis is possible but not recommended unless you are very cautious. Windows Defender protects from Windows malware entering via WSL and Linux malware as well. For example Windows Defender has caught comprimised npm modules inside WSL.
- bashinator 8y agoThat is really interesting to hear! I am quite cautious about what I do in any environment, of course. How would you say WSL without windows defender compares (security-wise) with say, running equivalent operations with homebrew or macports in OS X? Or just in vanilla bare-metal linux?
- naveen99 8y agoThere aren’t that many malware that are worse than antivirus. What I don’t understand is why antivirus has to second guess the user.