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My 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.
by big_chungus 7y ago
My 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.