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Re: [OT] Malware not working

From Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.hacker, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: [OT] Malware not working
Date 2015-09-16 00:30 +0000
Message-ID <d5rri0Fd2s0U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <mt9dkm$hmg$1@dont-email.me> <93hgva1ag27vjed0dsu3tp7h2hqrjvqsvk@4ax.com> <mt9guu$vbn$1@dont-email.me> <mta1fh$7iv$1@dont-email.me> <mtacgs$dqj$3@dont-email.me>

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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.




-- 
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
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  Re: [OT] Malware not working Diesel <me@privacy.net> - 2015-09-16 01:40 +0000

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