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to: Eric Renfro
from: Tony Langdon
date: 2019-07-30 07:10:00
subject: Re: Linux Daily?

-=> On 07-29-19 14:21, Eric Renfro wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 ER>   Re: Re: Linux Daily?
 ER>   By: Tony Langdon to Eric Renfro on Mon Jul 29 2019 08:55 am

 TL> That's all I'm using, but even though Microsoft's AV solution is better
 TL> integrated and works with, not in spite of Windows, it still causes some
 TL> issues at times. Yes, Windows Defender is a name that cropped up at some
 TL> stage.

 ER> Yeah. I used to recommend things like Avast, Kaspersky, etc... But the
 ER> ONLY one I'll recommend anymore is the Microsoft-native one. And if you
 ER> know anything about Steve Gibson and Leo LaPorte, from Security Now,
 ER> that's what they too recommend for Windows people.

I'm the same, Microsoft's AV is the only one I'll consider using these days,
for any on demand scanning.  Third party scanners that require manual
activation are still potentially useful as a second opinion, however.  Manual
scanning doesn't have to do all those nasty hacks into the OS.


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