3 ms·
The problem I have with the Microsoft bundled AV is that it's really slow and seems single threaded. I had to add most of my project directories as exceptions b
by miahi 7y ago
The problem I have with the Microsoft bundled AV is that it's really slow and seems single threaded. I had to add most of my project directories as exceptions because building projects took 4-5 times longer when the AV was enabled for those files.
- iMerNibor 7y agoThis is my main gripe with it aswell, got a fast nvme ssd and yet everything slows down to a crawl since the av needs to seemingly triple check files every time they're accessed
- big_chungus 7y agoMy biggest gripe is how hard they deliberately make it to disable. Amd even when I finally can, whatever settings I used may well have changed when MS updates. And when they do update, it gets re-enabled. One of many instances where MS takes the "I know best" approach. You want to write a good anti-malware program, try not behaving like malware.
- panpanna 7y agoIt disables itself when you install another AV. The reason they make it hard to remove is (1) otherwise malware could easily disable it and (2) must people should not be trusted with such decision anyway. Also, have you ever tried to remove Norton AV??
- delfinom 7y agoJoke is, Symantec Endpoint Protection is actually incredibly easy to deal with. The consumer AV (Norton)? Hah, the thing is meant to trick/convince/harass you to keep paying up and make it difficult.
- big_chungus 7y agoNorton sucks and is pretty much objectively malware, but there's one key difference: because win defender is bundled with my OS (and the security updates I have to install, it can change itself, re-enable itself, etc. Malware can still disable it with admin, they just make it hard for a user with admin. The operating system can only do so much to save a user from himself. Maybe some sort of developer mode, a la android?
- diminoten 7y agoThe thing is, they do know best for the vast majority of their users, at least when it comes to updates and AV.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoI don't believe it's single threaded - I recently upgrade to a i9-9900k, and as one does when one has a new PC, I've been watching my CPU usage and heat - for the first bit Windows Defender seems to be single threaded, but after a time it kicks into high gear, pins all my cores, and my machine turns into a space heater.