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Note that one of the antivirus software vendors that does this correctly is, in fact, Microsoft Defender. If you haven't installed dodgy third-party AV, you're fine.
Which third-party AV isn't dodgy?
Unfortunately I have no reason to use it, though. I don't even know whether it's any good. But at least I know it's not dodgy!
Slightly OT if I may: Is there any reason to use anything else than Defender these days? Chrome+uBlock, good email security and update practices, Defender just in case, do we need more?
“Customers will not receive the January 2018 security updates (or any subsequent security updates) and will not be protected from security vulnerabilities unless their antivirus software vendor sets the following registry key” Another incentive to stop using questionable AV software (since this was implemented because they can't get their act together).
You can’t just stop using AV software I’m told. The key is checked for everyone, including people with no AV. Contrary to the sensational headlines, it is implied to be a temporary measure. It’s not really clear whether you’d have to only do this manually once, or on every subsequent update.
Slightly OT if I may: Is there any reason to use anything else than Defender these days? Chrome+uBlock, good email security and update practices, Defender just in case, do we need more?
My windows 10 machines will not receive the update automatically for some reason. I think it is because I had defender completely disabled via group policy since it interferes with some of my development activities surrounding node.JS. However I was able to install the security update manually from the Microsoft Windows update catalog download site. I did this after enabling defender briefly and updating it to ensure…
Slightly OT if I may: Is there any reason to use anything else than Defender these days? Chrome+uBlock, good email security and update practices, Defender just in case, do we need more?
Still, could have been better communicated.
Slightly OT if I may: Is there any reason to use anything else than Defender these days? Chrome+uBlock, good email security and update practices, Defender just in case, do we need more?
3rd party AV generally has better hit rates and the good ones are dramatically less demanding of system resources (happy with NOD32 here)
Slightly OT if I may: Is there any reason to use anything else than Defender these days? Chrome+uBlock, good email security and update practices, Defender just in case, do we need more?