I have default windows defender, but didnt even know its antivirus lol. Is there any antivirus installed by default on any popular linux distro? What do you use?
I feel like antivirus can just annoy me when trying to crack something, but maybe defender protects me and im not aware.
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In my experience the most effective antivirus is common sense
Thx. Thats what I have, but didnt update for a while 🤣
In my opinion windows defender is worse than not using an antivirus at all because of the false sense of security. I’m sure that the guy who got his Bitcoin stolen from downloading fake OBS software has windows defender enabled like everybody else.
I’m not suggesting you go out of your way to disable defender, but exercise common sense and good security practices instead of relying on any antivirus. Download software from package managers (winget, scoop, chocolatey) instead of from Google and always read the megathread for getting “other stuff”. Install an adblocker on your browser and block as much 3rd party and Javashit as is practical. Don’t use the administrator account as your main account. Sandbox your programs if you’re feeling extra paranoid. Always back up everything important somewhere else. Use TRON script (r/tronscript) to clean up your computer in case you get infected.
However always keep in mind no strategy is 100% safe, but a little common sense goes a long way.
If we’re talking about common sense, then admitting to getting your bitcoin stolen by downloading fake OBS software probably isn’t the way to start off the comment. That’s not Windows Defender’s fault, that one was all on you, and can happen with most anti-virus if you’re not paying attention to what you’re doing.
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This means you need to use Firefox, Chrome is crippling adblockers.
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Yeah there’s a pretty fundamental conflict of interest in an advertising company controlling most of the world’s browsers.
Funny how it started out as a search tool. It used to be handy, even better than Yahoo! LOL
Don’t worry, that person also left out the part that Google pushed that particular chrome update out indefinitely.
Edge also supports uBlock Origin, but because it’s Chromium-based it faces the same issues as Chrome regarding Manifest V3.
U can also set Edge to bing as a search engine. Idk if Bing will shut down ad blockers. For me it works fine.
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@noodlejetski no distro will pre install a AV… 🤣🤣
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@noodlejetski I’m using mastadon I don’t see the conversation flow like on lemmy.world. time to use jerboa. Try “>” next time to show it’s a quote, the post didn’t read like that.
>Like this
No.
Just have backups of your data. If i get infected, I wipe and nuke from orbit anyway, I don’t trust that antivirus will remove everything.
