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Every AV should be doing this. Is MS the only one doing it?
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
Every AV should be doing this. Is MS the only one doing it?
- stcredzero 12y agoDefender is my current Windows anti-malware software of choice. Basically, because they don't feel they have to shill so hard as the other AV companies, and this makes their user experience suck the least.
- nothrabannosir 12y agoYes, and: it's preinstalled on Windows 8, it costs nothing, and it's made by the very same company whose product it tries to protect, so incentives and motivation are clear (an exception to "if you're not paying you're the product"). It's quite a convincing product, quickly becoming an integral part of the OS. And rightfully so.
- shitlord 12y ago> It's quite a convincing product, quickly becoming an integral part of the OS. And rightfully so. Not really. Microsoft, itself, actually suggests that you use a third-party antimalware product. It scores pretty low on AV-Test.org[1] too, but it's better than nothing. [1]: http://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-8/ http://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-8/
- flyinghamster 12y agoFor that matter, were AV vendors intentionally looking the other way with Superfish, or any other nasties?
- arthurfm 12y agoESETs NOD32 prevents Superfish from being installed. I'm not sure if it does any more than that though. http://i.imgur.com/NCfBs6K.png http://i.imgur.com/NCfBs6K.png