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| From | "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.hacker, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: [OT] Malware not working |
| Date | 2015-09-15 20:38 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mtadin$j6l$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <93hgva1ag27vjed0dsu3tp7h2hqrjvqsvk@4ax.com> <mt9guu$vbn$1@dont-email.me> <mta1fh$7iv$1@dont-email.me> <mtacgs$dqj$3@dont-email.me> <d5rri0Fd2s0U1@mid.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
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. -- A.M
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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 "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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