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I saw that quote being posted quite often in HN. I always smile at this because Google Chrome (on Windows only) includes a cleanup tool based on an popular AV e

I saw that quote being posted quite often in HN. I always smile at this because Google Chrome (on Windows only) includes a cleanup tool based on an popular AV engine. https://www.blog.google/products/chrome/cleaner-safer-web-chrome-cleanup/ https://www.blog.google/products/chrome/cleaner-safer-web-ch... https://www.eset.com/int/google-chrome-cleanup/ https://www.eset.com/int/google-chrome-cleanup/

mywittyname 7y ago
I think his original criticism was that the OS hooks that typical AV install are a source of vulnerabilities and bugs. I don't think he took issue with the idea of a well-maintained database of signatures used to identify malicious code, just most vendors implementations that check against such.