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Re: [OT] Malware not working

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On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:38:33 -0400, A.M wrote:

> On 2015-09-15 8:30 PM, Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 20:20:30 -0400, A.M wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2015-09-15 5:11 PM, knuttle wrote:
>>>> On 9/15/2015 12:30 PM, A.M wrote:
>>>>> I have been using Windows 10 since released and without any
>>>>> anti-virus.
>>>>> Somehow, I'm still alive.
>>>>
>>>> Without any antivirus, or without any third party antivirus?
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>> Windows 10 comes with Windows Defender as a default antivirus.  When
>>>> you install Windows 10, Defender is installed an activated as part of
>>>> the OS, it is updates as as other parts of the OS when Windows 10
>>>> decides to install updates.
>>>
>>> Except that all tests show that Windows Defender is an awful
>>> anti-virus and doesn't protect anyone from anything. It's the same as
>>> not having an anti-virus alone. Of course, I'm very willing to bet
>>> that without a real anti-virus and relying solely on the garbage
>>> Microsoft provides, I still won't get infected the way these lying
>>> advocates always seem to.
>> 
>> No, all tests don't show that.  They do show that it isn't very good by
>> itself, but it does catch some on its own.
> 
> I wouldn't trust it either way. If I didn't make an image of my hard
> disk every week and keep all of my most important data on a USB key, I'd
> probably use a third-party anti-virus but I don't see the point.
> However, if I do indeed get infected in drive-by fashion as Shadow
> suggested in one of today's posts, I will have no choice but to move
> away from the operating system in general.

I use it and malwarebytes.  Great combo.




-- 
Lloyd

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[OT] Malware not working Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-09-15 12:26 -0300
  Re: [OT] Malware not working "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-09-15 11:33 -0400
    Re: [OT] Malware not working Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-09-15 13:23 -0300
      Re: [OT] Malware not working "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-09-15 12:30 -0400
        Re: [OT] Malware not working knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-09-15 17:11 -0400
          Re: [OT] Malware not working Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-09-15 23:48 +0200
          Re: [OT] Malware not working "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-09-15 20:20 -0400
            Re: [OT] Malware not working Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 00:30 +0000
              Re: [OT] Malware not working "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-09-15 20:38 -0400
                Re: [OT] Malware not working Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 01:01 +0000
            Re: [OT] Malware not working Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2015-09-15 17:57 -0700
  Re: [OT] Malware not working "p-0''0-h the cat (ES)" <super.pooh@fluffyunderbelly.invalid> - 2015-09-15 16:43 +0100
  Re: [OT] Malware not working Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2015-09-16 01:40 +0000

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