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Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird

From	Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject	Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird
Date	2026-05-11 13:49 +0100
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J. P. Gilliver wrote:

> Antivirus wrote:
>
>> Why do people still use third-party antivirus software? What's wrong
>> with the packages supplied by Microsoft?

To me, Defender alone is good enough.

> I would have thought a risk-averse person would use both!

If you install a 3rd party A/V Microsoft Defender disables itself, 
historically it's been a BadThing[TM] to have multiple A/V installed at 
the same time, they can trip each other up.
> I also like to scan installers I download before running them

The act of saving the downloaded file is what gives the resident A/V its 
chance to scan it, I don't think a manual scan would do a better job, if 
you wanted to have two A/Vs give an opinion, why stop at two, let 
VirusTotal give you 50 opinions ...

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      Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-05-09 12:04 -0700
        Now OT (was: Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird) "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-09 21:14 +0100
  Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-10 13:08 -0400
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    Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-11 13:05 +0100
      Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-05-11 13:49 +0100
        Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-05-11 09:11 -0700
          Re: AVG breaking Thunderbird Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-11 13:44 -0400
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