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and if so any suggestions? i have like 6 on my windows phoenix-bashful

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[–] trompete@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Antivirus is a fucked approach, it basically scans files for what they call malware "signatures", which they accumulate over the years from malware found in the wild. Problems with that:

  • False positives.
  • False negatives.
  • Slows down the computer.
  • Malware developers can obviously see what the antivirus is doing, so they change their malware till it is no longer detected, and/or sabotage the antivirus once they're on the computer.
  • You now have a privileged uberparser on your computer, that unpacks and parses all manner of file formats, and it is being run on everything. This increases attack surface a lot.

The whole idea is misguided, and only exists because these companies managed to scare people into buying their snake oil.

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

im guessing that's a "no" then? blob-no-thoughts

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