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And I like the reverse philosophy behind defender. As it is "embedded" it's not supposed to say anything until it's relevant. It is really hidden. For any othe
by whynotmaybe 3y ago
And I like the reverse philosophy behind defender.
As it is "embedded" it's not supposed to say anything until it's relevant. It is really hidden.
For any other AV, they have to show frequently that they are here and help you justify your investment, so you have pop-up, reports and annoying notifications.
- rincebrain 3y agoYeah, until no matter how many ways you tell it, it keeps flagging legitimate security tools as malware because they sometimes get used by it, and you have to deal with getting "we have quarantined this software" popups every day or so...
- ndiddy 3y agoExcept that with Defender, the whole Windows Explorer UI hangs for several seconds when you do anything related to an unknown file while it scans it and sends the file to Microsoft (and if you turn it off, it turns itself back on in a few hours).
- crtasm 3y agoI turned that off with ShutUp10++ and it stays off. I believe you can do the same thing manually with a registry or group policy edit.