What the title says, and that’s pretty much it. Do you or don’t you?

  • onlyfandom@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    Defender all the way. Not a single virus since Windows 7. The thing some people don’t realize is that in order for third party AV to work it has to modify the lowest layers of the OS which actually exposes it more to attacks. You have to trust the AV to do its job perfectly or you’re screwed.

    My source? Just crap I heard online before. Probably bunk. But I stand by my personal anecdote.

    • icedterminal@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Third party AV just becomes malware itself by hooking into nearly every function at the kernel level. Of course this adds overhead and why historically Windows updates and third party AV have clashed leading to disaster. Blue screens, failed updates or failure to boot.