• Current view on antivirus.malware protection, etc

    From Jim the Geordie@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 10:47:52 2023
    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank. I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    -
    Jim the Geordie

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  • From soyon@21:1/5 to Jim the Geordie on Wed Apr 12 15:56:05 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:47:52 +0100, Jim the Geordie wrote:

    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank. I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    I haven't had a virus in years & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.
    I think Windows Defender, when properly set up, works just fine.
    Maybe we need a news story (not a shill) that compares it against the rest?

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  • From Bill@21:1/5 to Jim the Geordie on Wed Apr 12 10:01:22 2023
    On 4/12/2023 5:47 AM, Jim the Geordie wrote:

    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    I got infected with one virus in the last 20 years, and it was from a
    social media site. FWIW, it was a music-related site. Many websites
    are built using the same software (template?). Fortunately, it didn't
    take too long until someone provided a "solution" on the site. One thing
    it taught me is "never say never".

    Good luck isolating the problem you have encountered!

    Bill

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to soyon on Wed Apr 12 09:18:41 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:56:05 +0200, soyon <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:47:52 +0100, Jim the Geordie wrote:

    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank.


    Two questions for Jim:

    I've never heard of Trusteer. Can you provide a URL for it so I can
    find out more about it?

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs. They can slow down your computer, and even cause
    problems as they conflict with each other.



    I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    I haven't had a virus in years


    I have never been infected with a virus in all the 37 years I've been
    using personal computers,


    & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.


    I avoid them as much as possible, and uBlock Origin helps to protect
    me against them.


    I think Windows Defender, when properly set up, works just fine.


    I largely think the same. It's not perfect (see below), but it's as
    good as any of the others, and better than many. Over the years, I've
    used several others, but I've used nothing other than Defender for the
    past several years.

    I don't often think a Microsoft program is the best choice (I prefer
    Firefox to Edge, Thunderbird to Outlook, WordPerfect to Word,
    Directory Opus to Windows Explorer, etc.), but in this case I do.

    Maybe we need a news story (not a shill) that compares it against the rest?


    Comparisons are almost always misleading, because we all work in
    different ways, use different browses, frequent different web sites,
    use different operating system features, and do different things on
    our computers. So what's a threat to me may not be a threat to you.
    Also note a couple of other things:

    No security software is perfect.

    Even if a security program were to be perfect today, it wouldn't be
    perfect tomorrow, because new malware hits the street every day.

    When new malware hits the street, it takes some time for any piece of
    security software to find out about it, decide how to protect against
    it, develop the needed code, and release a new version with
    protection. How long? A day? two days? A week? It varies depending on
    the company and with the nature of the threat, and how long it takes
    is one of the most important things that a comparison may miss.

    And besides how good it is at protecting us, one of the differences
    between various security programs, is their effect on Windows
    performance, and potential for causing problems of their own.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Ken Blake on Wed Apr 12 17:29:36 2023
    Ken Blake wrote:

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two anti-virus programs.

    Trusteer isn't AV, I don't use it, but several UK banks recommend it as
    an "extra layer" of security ... it's owned by IBM.

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  • From Jim the Geordie@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 18:09:20 2023
    In article <rkkd3ipoj5ianbtusspankh1kmien48ejp@4ax.com>,
    Ken@invalid.news.com says...

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:56:05 +0200, soyon <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:47:52 +0100, Jim the Geordie wrote:

    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning >> to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank.


    Two questions for Jim:

    I've never heard of Trusteer. Can you provide a URL for it so I can
    find out more about it?

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two anti-virus programs. They can slow down your computer, and even cause problems as they conflict with each other.



    I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started >> me thinking.

    I haven't had a virus in years


    I have never been infected with a virus in all the 37 years I've been
    using personal computers,


    & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.


    I avoid them as much as possible, and uBlock Origin helps to protect
    me against them.


    I think Windows Defender, when properly set up, works just fine.


    I largely think the same. It's not perfect (see below), but it's as
    good as any of the others, and better than many. Over the years, I've

    Trusteer Endpoint Protection AKA Rapport I believe https://www.ibm.com/products/phishing-and-malware-protection#: ~:text=Protect%20client%20endpoints%20against%20malware%20and% 20phishing&text=Using%20industry%2Dleading%20technology%2C% 20Trusteer,them%20from%20entering%20phishing%20sites.

    --
    Jim the Geordie

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to soyon on Wed Apr 12 10:41:02 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:18:08 +0200, soyon <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:18:41 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

    & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.

    I avoid them as much as possible, and uBlock Origin helps to protect
    me against them.

    I've seen your posts in the past so I know not to waste my time with your >idiotic comments which are always what stupid people would say.

    All I'll say to your always stupid comments is that you are worthless.
    You should kill yourself because then the human population will benefit.

    Think about this question before you waste everyone's time with stupidity.
    Is the only tool you ever used in all your 37 years on Windows a browser?


    Feel free to believe whatever you want about me. You can killfile me.
    so you don't have to read my "always stupid comments."

    I'm going to killfile you as soon as I send this message.

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  • From soyon@21:1/5 to Ken Blake on Wed Apr 12 19:18:08 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:18:41 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

    & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.

    I avoid them as much as possible, and uBlock Origin helps to protect
    me against them.

    I've seen your posts in the past so I know not to waste my time with your idiotic comments which are always what stupid people would say.

    All I'll say to your always stupid comments is that you are worthless.
    You should kill yourself because then the human population will benefit.

    Think about this question before you waste everyone's time with stupidity.
    Is the only tool you ever used in all your 37 years on Windows a browser?

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to jim@jimXscott.co.uk on Wed Apr 12 10:38:25 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:09:20 +0100, Jim the Geordie
    <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

    In article <rkkd3ipoj5ianbtusspankh1kmien48ejp@4ax.com>, >Ken@invalid.news.com says...

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:56:05 +0200, soyon <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:47:52 +0100, Jim the Geordie wrote:

    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I >> >> was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning >> >> to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank.


    Two questions for Jim:

    I've never heard of Trusteer. Can you provide a URL for it so I can
    find out more about it?

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs. They can slow down your computer, and even cause
    problems as they conflict with each other.



    I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had >> >> any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started >> >> me thinking.

    I haven't had a virus in years


    I have never been infected with a virus in all the 37 years I've been
    using personal computers,


    & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.


    I avoid them as much as possible, and uBlock Origin helps to protect
    me against them.


    I think Windows Defender, when properly set up, works just fine.


    I largely think the same. It's not perfect (see below), but it's as
    good as any of the others, and better than many. Over the years, I've

    Trusteer Endpoint Protection AKA Rapport I believe >https://www.ibm.com/products/phishing-and-malware-protection#: >~:text=Protect%20client%20endpoints%20against%20malware%20and% >20phishing&text=Using%20industry%2Dleading%20technology%2C% >20Trusteer,them%20from%20entering%20phishing%20sites.

    Really just an ad, telling me next to nothing about ii.

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  • From Mark Lloyd@21:1/5 to Jim the Geordie on Wed Apr 12 12:50:51 2023
    On 4/12/23 04:47, Jim the Geordie wrote:
    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank. I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    -
    Jim the Geordie

    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$ provides.

    --
    Mark Lloyd
    http://notstupid.us/

    "I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time."
    [Friedrich Nietzsche]

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  • From Neil@21:1/5 to Jim the Geordie on Wed Apr 12 14:06:24 2023
    On 4/12/2023 1:58 PM, Jim the Geordie wrote:
    In article <23rd3ilosfmp6ivhso2uhoufj4g8282aqr@4ax.com>,
    Ken@invalid.news.com says...

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:09:20 +0100, Jim the Geordie
    <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

    In article <rkkd3ipoj5ianbtusspankh1kmien48ejp@4ax.com>, >>>Ken@invalid.news.com says...

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:56:05 +0200, soyon <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:47:52 +0100, Jim the Geordie wrote:

    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I >>>> >> was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank.

    Two questions for Jim:

    I've never heard of Trusteer. Can you provide a URL for it so I can
    find out more about it?

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs. They can slow down your computer, and even cause
    problems as they conflict with each other.

    I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan >>>> >> with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had >>>> >> any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page >>>> >> crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    I haven't had a virus in years

    I have never been infected with a virus in all the 37 years I've been
    using personal computers,

    & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.

    I avoid them as much as possible, and uBlock Origin helps to protect
    me against them.

    Wasn't replying to you.
    Find out for yourself.

    It would be best if people would stop responding to that troll Ken Blake.

    --
    best regards,

    Neil

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  • From soyon@21:1/5 to Ken Blake on Wed Apr 12 20:01:34 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:41:02 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

    Feel free to believe whatever you want about me. You can killfile me.
    so you don't have to read my "always stupid comments."

    I'm going to killfile you as soon as I send this message.

    What I think about you is based only on the stupid things that you say.
    You haven't ever contributed to anything useful in any conversation.

    Your problem of being stupid won't go away by you kill filing me.
    Only you killfiling yourself will rid this newsgroup of your stupidity.

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  • From Jim the Geordie@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 18:58:59 2023
    In article <23rd3ilosfmp6ivhso2uhoufj4g8282aqr@4ax.com>,
    Ken@invalid.news.com says...

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:09:20 +0100, Jim the Geordie
    <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

    In article <rkkd3ipoj5ianbtusspankh1kmien48ejp@4ax.com>, >Ken@invalid.news.com says...

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:56:05 +0200, soyon <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:47:52 +0100, Jim the Geordie wrote:

    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I >> >> was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank.


    Two questions for Jim:

    I've never heard of Trusteer. Can you provide a URL for it so I can
    find out more about it?

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs. They can slow down your computer, and even cause
    problems as they conflict with each other.



    I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had >> >> any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page >> >> crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    I haven't had a virus in years


    I have never been infected with a virus in all the 37 years I've been
    using personal computers,


    & I go to as many dodgy web sites as anyone.


    I avoid them as much as possible, and uBlock Origin helps to protect
    me against them.

    Wasn't replying to you.
    Find out for yourself.


    --
    Jim the Geordie

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 10:37:08 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:29:36 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
    wrote:

    Ken Blake wrote:

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs.

    Trusteer isn't AV, I don't use it, but several UK banks recommend it as
    an "extra layer" of security ... it's owned by IBM.


    OK thanks.

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  • From Rudolph Rhein@21:1/5 to soyon on Wed Apr 12 21:37:19 2023
    soyon <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:41:02 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

    Feel free to believe whatever you want about me. You can killfile me.
    so you don't have to read my "always stupid comments."

    I'm going to killfile you as soon as I send this message.

    What I think about you is based only on the stupid things that you say.
    You haven't ever contributed to anything useful in any conversation.

    Your problem of being stupid won't go away by you kill filing me.
    Only you killfiling yourself will rid this newsgroup of your stupidity.

    I have "!Delete From: Ken Blake" set up in my killfile so the only time I
    see his whiny trash is when people like YOU respond to him. Stop that!

    Please.

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  • From Rudolph Rhein@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Wed Apr 12 21:48:18 2023
    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

    I have "!Delete From: Ken Blake" set up in my killfile so the only time I
    see his whiny trash is when people like YOU respond to him. Stop that!

    Rather that telling people who to killfile, why not make your rule
    delete sub-threads instead of just single messages?

    Good idea.
    But can the 40tude dialog news reader even do that?

    In 40tude dialog, I normally click on a message and select "scoring and actions" and then 'add plonk rule' and then I change the resulting score
    of '!markread From "Ken Blake"' to '!delete From "Ken Blake"' instead.

    I don't see anywhere a dialog option to automatically rule out subthreads.
    I think VanguardLH uses dialog so maybe he can suggest a regexp for that?

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Rudolph Rhein on Wed Apr 12 19:42:03 2023
    Rudolph Rhein wrote:

    I have "!Delete From: Ken Blake" set up in my killfile so the only time I
    see his whiny trash is when people like YOU respond to him. Stop that!

    Rather that telling people who to killfile, why not make your rule
    delete sub-threads instead of just single messages?

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  • From Paul in Houston TX@21:1/5 to Jim the Geordie on Wed Apr 12 14:42:53 2023
    Jim the Geordie wrote:
    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank. I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    -
    Jim the Geordie

    I have never had any constantly active anti-virus-malware protection.
    I have never had any virus or mal anything. Multiple comps, multiple
    o/s'. Going back many years. I scan with Kaspersky from a linux boot
    disk every 4 to 6 months. Same with MalwareBytes. I do not click on everything that I see, especially not the ones that say: "Click here for
    a good time." Caches, pagefiles, and temps are in RAM only.
    The incoming router has a firewall. The network flow is then natted to
    a second router that also has a firewall and connects to all the local
    comps. Each comp has a firewall.

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  • From =?UTF-8?B?Li4ud8Khw7HCp8KxwqTDsSA=?@21:1/5 to Jim the Geordie on Wed Apr 12 13:54:44 2023
    Jim the Geordie wrote on 4/12/2023 2:47 AM:
    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank. I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.

    -
    Jim the Geordie


    It's unlikely that Windows Security(aka Windows Defender) on Windows 10
    or 11 caused the Facebook page crashed(whatever definition crashed means,
    if hacked that's a different cause too).

    If Windows Security has been adequate with scans not showing threats, quarantined, or removed, it's likely to be doing the same job as other
    AV/AM programs.(i.e. in today's AV/AM arena, nothing is perfect and
    parity is more common than not).
    --
    ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ

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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to Ken Blake on Wed Apr 12 16:08:18 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:18:41 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
    in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs.


    More specifically, it's a bad idea to run two simultaneously if both
    are running as "active protection" or "real-time protection" or
    similar.

    I've never seen a case where running one with active protection and
    the other only for on-demand scans caused a problem, and I've been
    doing just that for decades. The on-demand-scans one is Malwarebytes
    Free; the active protection one has varied over the years.

    --
    Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
    Shikata ga nai...

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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to Mark Lloyd on Wed Apr 12 16:09:29 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:50:51 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:
    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$ provides.

    It's not April 1st anymore.

    --
    Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
    Shikata ga nai...

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  • From Lars Anders@21:1/5 to Stan Brown on Thu Apr 13 02:50:00 2023
    On 13 Apr 2023, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote :

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:50:51 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:
    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$
    provides.

    It's not April 1st anymore.

    What's wrong with the one that Microsoft supplies native by default?

    I think both Windows & Android have gotten to the point that the native
    default scanner works just fine - but I'd love to have better data.

    On Android, for example, every APK is scanned (by default) upon
    installation, even if you downloaded it from malware.ru where Google
    advertises they collect hundreds of millions of scan results daily.

    Like Google, who also runs a scan (by default) every day on the device, Microsoft uses heuristics and they hone those heuristics every day.

    That's BILLIONS of scans daily that the motherships (Google & Microsoft)
    have to their benefit (where they have huge detection economies of scale).

    If Microsoft (and Google) don't put the best free AV scanner native on
    their respective operating systems, pray tell, who does?

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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to Lars Anders on Wed Apr 12 18:54:01 2023
    On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:50:00 +0200, Lars Anders wrote:
    On 13 Apr 2023, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote :

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:50:51 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:
    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$ >> provides.

    It's not April 1st anymore.

    What's wrong with the one that Microsoft supplies native by default?

    Nothing that I know of. I use it myself, on one of my computers.

    But Mark Lloyd said that it's somehow bad to use any other, and that
    statement is just plain silly.

    --
    Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
    Shikata ga nai...

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  • From Hristo Takahari@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 04:02:52 2023

    Nothing that I know of. I use it myself, on one of my computers.


    I just go to the doctors. I've had double doses and even an upgrade when offered. Vaccines are free and people should get them. Pandemic is still
    here. Get face mask as well.

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  • From Lars Anders@21:1/5 to Stan Brown on Thu Apr 13 05:39:40 2023
    On 13 Apr 2023, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote :

    What's wrong with the one that Microsoft supplies native by default?

    Nothing that I know of. I use it myself, on one of my computers.

    But Mark Lloyd said that it's somehow bad to use any other, and that statement is just plain silly.

    My mistake then. I thought you didn't recommend the native defender.
    What do you think about the native Android defender from Google?

    It scans the whole phone a couple of times a day I think.
    And it collects what it found to improve the scan.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 23:41:14 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:18:41 -0700, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Ken Blake
    wrote:

    gain, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two >anti-virus programs.

    It's a bad idea to run two realtime scanners. You can load up as many AVs
    as you want so long as only one of them is doing realtime file
    intercepts.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 12 23:34:57 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:54:01 -0700, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Stan Brown wrote:

    On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:50:00 +0200, Lars Anders wrote:
    On 13 Apr 2023, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote :

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:50:51 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:
    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$ >> >> provides.

    It's not April 1st anymore.

    What's wrong with the one that Microsoft supplies native by default?

    Nothing that I know of. I use it myself, on one of my computers.

    But Mark Lloyd said that it's somehow bad to use any other, and that >statement is just plain silly.

    I actually had a third-party AV hose my Windows 8.1 x64 machine because
    its devs weren't keeping up with filesystem changes and weren't
    communicating with Microsoft, and MS patched the filesystem one Tuesday,
    as they had documented well in advance. Blammo. Nearly unbootable machine
    due to file access issues. I unpatched the machine in safe mode and
    uninstalled the AV program before accepting the patch again.

    Later, so people would stop blaming Microsoft for catastrophic system
    failures, Microsoft implemented a registry blocking flag that third-party
    AV makers had to specifically toggle off when they fixed their garbage.

    Defender has never done that and probably never will because it's made by
    the Windows team. Official kernel-mode AV drivers for Defender are part
    of the OS, so Microsoft would know immediately if they blew up an install
    in such a way.

    So, I would recommend that it's "best" not to use third-party AV, but not necessarily "bad." Just a bit daft in this day and age. Some of the added
    value of major suites may be worth it, but you're rolling the dice. Why
    go third-party for something so integral to a modern OS?

    Make an informed decision if you need a security suite's extra features.
    A lot of them have better software firewalls, for instance.

    Me? I stopped using third-party AV when *several* of them, including
    mine, hosed Windows 8.1 due to sheer incompetence. Windows firewall does
    what I need it to.

    When I do use third-party AV, I never use realtime protection.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Thu Apr 13 02:07:48 2023
    On 4/13/2023 12:34 AM, Zaghadka wrote:
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:54:01 -0700, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Stan Brown wrote:

    On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:50:00 +0200, Lars Anders wrote:
    On 13 Apr 2023, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote :

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:50:51 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:
    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$ >>>>> provides.

    It's not April 1st anymore.

    What's wrong with the one that Microsoft supplies native by default?

    Nothing that I know of. I use it myself, on one of my computers.

    But Mark Lloyd said that it's somehow bad to use any other, and that
    statement is just plain silly.

    I actually had a third-party AV hose my Windows 8.1 x64 machine because
    its devs weren't keeping up with filesystem changes and weren't
    communicating with Microsoft, and MS patched the filesystem one Tuesday,
    as they had documented well in advance. Blammo. Nearly unbootable machine
    due to file access issues. I unpatched the machine in safe mode and uninstalled the AV program before accepting the patch again.

    Later, so people would stop blaming Microsoft for catastrophic system failures, Microsoft implemented a registry blocking flag that third-party
    AV makers had to specifically toggle off when they fixed their garbage.

    Defender has never done that and probably never will because it's made by
    the Windows team. Official kernel-mode AV drivers for Defender are part
    of the OS, so Microsoft would know immediately if they blew up an install
    in such a way.

    So, I would recommend that it's "best" not to use third-party AV, but not necessarily "bad." Just a bit daft in this day and age. Some of the added value of major suites may be worth it, but you're rolling the dice. Why
    go third-party for something so integral to a modern OS?

    Make an informed decision if you need a security suite's extra features.
    A lot of them have better software firewalls, for instance.

    Me? I stopped using third-party AV when *several* of them, including
    mine, hosed Windows 8.1 due to sheer incompetence. Windows firewall does
    what I need it to.

    When I do use third-party AV, I never use realtime protection.


    Signature analysis may have some value, as some of the AV teams
    are bigger than others, and they may be adding more entries to
    their database than a competitor.

    The other aspect, is heuristic protection. This test hasn't been
    done for a long time, and I don't think it is necessarily all that
    easy to do this test either.

    https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/retrospective-proactive-test-2015/

    Such a thing might have a benefit in a business, because in
    a business, people are targeting you on purpose. (Custom malware)

    Home users are not normally valuable targets.

    As an example of heuristic detection, Firefox has its own stack checker,
    which would be considered a heuristic feature.

    AV companies, do not document what they're doing in this regard.

    Of the fifty AV companies, probably more than 50% of them,
    have no heuristic detection at all, and there would be almost
    no reason to buy one of those. The test above, shows there is
    some difference, between the major companies.

    Paul

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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to usenet@andyburns.uk on Thu Apr 13 09:37:51 2023
    In message <k9o4jhFg5joU1@mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns
    <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes
    Ken Blake wrote:

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs.

    Trusteer isn't AV, I don't use it, but several UK banks recommend it as
    an "extra layer" of security ... it's owned by IBM.


    My bank used to recommend it, so I installed it. Thankfully they do so
    no longer, so I uninstalled it, as I wasn't very impressed. I don't
    think it and my AV utility ever had any problems in working together,
    though.
    --
    John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
    like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
    its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
    Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

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  • From wasbit@21:1/5 to Jim the Geordie on Thu Apr 13 10:06:25 2023
    On 12/04/2023 10:47, Jim the Geordie wrote:
    After cancelling a subscription to one paid security package, because I
    was advised that M$ Defender would be perfectly adequate, I am beginning
    to have second thoughts.
    Apart from Defender I use Trusteer as recommended by my bank. I do not
    visit porn sites or open unidentifed links. I ocassionally do a scan
    with Malwarebytes free, but do not have it installed and have never had
    any flags.
    Touch wood I have not had any trouble so far, except my Facebook page
    crashed and I had to start from scratch with that, which is what started
    me thinking.


    You will be fine with MS Defender Jim.
    The Facebook problems were likely to be at their end, not yours.
    Good on you for asking if you are not sure. The hard part is choosing
    which answers you get are the sensible ones.

    --
    Regards
    wasbit

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  • From Jim the Geordie@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 09:56:41 2023
    In article <GnhI5wAf97NkFwRk@jhall_nospamxx.co.uk>,
    john_nospam@jhall.co.uk says...

    In message <k9o4jhFg5joU1@mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes
    Ken Blake wrote:

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs.

    Trusteer isn't AV, I don't use it, but several UK banks recommend it as
    an "extra layer" of security ... it's owned by IBM.


    My bank used to recommend it, so I installed it. Thankfully they do so
    no longer, so I uninstalled it, as I wasn't very impressed. I don't
    think it and my AV utility ever had any problems in working together,
    though.

    Can you clarify please.
    How did you find out that your bank no longer recommend it? Did they
    contact you or did you ask them?
    Why/how were you 'not impressed'.
    You state that you have an AV utility; on pc or android?
    Why do you feel that MS Defender is inadequate?

    --
    Jim the Geordie

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  • From AllanH@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Thu Apr 13 04:36:42 2023
    On 4/12/2023 11:34 PM, Zaghadka wrote:

    When I do use third-party AV, I never use realtime protection.

    I agree. My preference for an On-Demand Scanner is Kaspersky Virus
    Removal Tool.

    https://support.kaspersky.com/kvrt2020/howto

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  • From Newyana2@21:1/5 to soyon on Thu Apr 13 07:56:14 2023
    "soyon" <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote

    | I've seen your posts in the past so I know not to waste my time with your
    | idiotic comments which are always what stupid people would say.
    |

    Ken is a former MS MVP and is generally courteous
    with others. If you don't like his comments then block
    them. There's no excuse for being nasty with someone
    who just gave you a serious, reasonable response to
    your question.

    I'd be inclined to think you're a dumbass for using 2-3
    AV tools while doing something as risky as banking online.
    To my mind that's like talking about life insurance while
    skydiving. Life insurance can make sense, but that doesn't
    justify the reckless risk of skydiving. Why would anyone do
    something so stupid? For a thrill? Because they don't care
    to live? Why would anyone bank online? Because you can't
    be bothered to walk?... But I'm too polite to say all that. :)

    I have 3 bank accounts. I've disabled all from online
    functionality. (Which can't be done at my bank. I had
    to call customer service.) Last week I was talking to
    a friend who's had about $25K stolen from his account.
    He though someone had somehow got his passwords,
    but then they also used his new password. The bank told
    him the problem must be on his Mac computer. He still
    hasn't figured it out.

    Since you clearly don't want to deal with script, browser
    security, understanding online security, and so on, I'll just
    suggest that you add a couple of Symantec products to
    you imagined arsenal. It might not help, but you'll sleep
    better and with any luck it will slow down your system so
    much that you won't be able to do your online banking. :)

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  • From Newyana2@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Thu Apr 13 08:05:12 2023
    "Zaghadka" <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote

    | Defender has never done that and probably never will because it's made by
    | the Windows team.

    Before you get comfortable:

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/11/microsoft_defender_firefox_fix/

    Turns out Defender was causing Firefox to overuse the CPU...
    for FIVE YEARS! I wouldn't be surprised if they did it to make Edge look
    good and only fixed it because someone found out. This is the company
    that used to design pages to only work in IE.

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  • From Newyana2@21:1/5 to Ken Blake on Thu Apr 13 08:15:32 2023
    "Ken Blake" <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote

    Trusteer Endpoint Protection AKA Rapport I believe >https://www.ibm.com/products/phishing-and-malware-protection#: >~:text=Protect%20client%20endpoints%20against%20malware%20and% >20phishing&text=Using%20industry%2Dleading%20technology%2C% >20Trusteer,them%20from%20entering%20phishing%20sites.

    | Really just an ad, telling me next to nothing about ii.

    https://community.ibm.com/community/user/security/blogs/noureldin-ehab/2021/09/01/what-is-ibm-security-trusteer

    I'd never heard of this category of software. It looks like
    it's probably a kind of "whitehat spyware" that analyzes
    your IP, other connections being made to or from your
    computer, and probably all the info they can get from
    various spyware data brokers, so that they know who
    you are, where you live, your habits, what your computer
    is doing, what computers/cellphones you own, along with
    their Mac addresses, and so on -- in order to provide
    on-the-spot scanning of both your end and the connections
    in between.

    But there also seem to be complaints about Trusteer
    messing with Win10/11. And what are IBM or your bank
    doing with all that data? Are they reselling it? Are they
    storing it in an online database for hackers to find?

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 09:39:59 2023
    On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:05:12 -0400, in alt.comp.os.windows-10, Newyana2
    wrote:

    "Zaghadka" <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote

    | Defender has never done that and probably never will because it's made by
    | the Windows team.

    Before you get comfortable:

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/11/microsoft_defender_firefox_fix/

    Turns out Defender was causing Firefox to overuse the CPU...
    for FIVE YEARS! I wouldn't be surprised if they did it to make Edge look
    good and only fixed it because someone found out. This is the company
    that used to design pages to only work in IE.

    I have used Firefox exclusively since around v2 or 3 (Chrome when
    something breaks). I never noticed this. Didn't even make my fan run
    harder, and that's pretty easy to do with my processor. Laptop neither.
    Maybe that's why it lasted 5 years?

    I have a i9 9900K desktop. The fan makes noise at even moderate usage, as
    it boosts the processor to 4.1-5Ghz for any real processor usage and
    generates all sorts of heat. That it didn't says something.

    But the laptop? That runs dynamically at 2Ghz if I'm lucky. Who the heck
    was running at 30%? What processor? How old was that machine?

    So, while I'll accept that we always have a non-zero chance of going back
    to the "DOS ain't done till Lotus won't run" days, it's unlikely that
    this was the case here. If MS was doing something deliberate, they'd
    target Chrome. It's more likely an edge case bug (pun intended) for
    something novel Mozilla implemented in their special sauce. Few people
    use Firefox. Nobody noticed on a decently powered machine. That's why 5
    years.

    The article seems more a conspiratorial wink than cogent analysis.

    That said, this happened:

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/antivirus-deletes-all-shortcuts-from-the-desktop/m-p/3715351

    That's a bit more serious than your example. Defender is not iron-clad.
    All I'm saying is it has a near-zero chance of stopping your machine from booting, and that that has happened in the past. With all the TPM and virtualization stuff MS is doing in 11, it could happen again.

    YMMV. If you have an underpowered or older machine, there are better
    choices. I'm surprised the affected users didn't do that. It was probably running like a pig under many use cases, not just Firefox.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm on Thu Apr 13 08:26:33 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:54:01 -0700, Stan Brown
    <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

    On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:50:00 +0200, Lars Anders wrote:
    On 13 Apr 2023, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote :

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:50:51 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:
    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$ >> >> provides.

    It's not April 1st anymore.

    What's wrong with the one that Microsoft supplies native by default?

    Nothing that I know of. I use it myself, on one of my computers.

    But Mark Lloyd said that it's somehow bad to use any other, and that >statement is just plain silly.


    I agree with you. I think" bad" is too strong a word, but if Mark
    meant that there's generally no good reason for most people to use a
    different one, I agree with him.

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm on Thu Apr 13 08:21:08 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:08:18 -0700, Stan Brown
    <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:

    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:18:41 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
    in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs.


    More specifically, it's a bad idea to run two simultaneously if both
    are running as "active protection" or "real-time protection" or
    similar.

    Yes, that's what I meant, but perhaps wasn't clear enough. Thanks for
    the clarification.


    I've never seen a case where running one with active protection and
    the other only for on-demand scans caused a problem, and I've been
    doing just that for decades. The on-demand-scans one is Malwarebytes
    Free; the active protection one has varied over the years.

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to Newyana2@invalid.nospam on Thu Apr 13 08:22:13 2023
    On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:56:14 -0400, "Newyana2"
    <Newyana2@invalid.nospam> wrote:

    "soyon" <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote

    | I've seen your posts in the past so I know not to waste my time with your
    | idiotic comments which are always what stupid people would say.
    |

    Ken is a former MS MVP and is generally courteous
    with others. If you don't like his comments then block
    them. There's no excuse for being nasty with someone
    who just gave you a serious, reasonable response to
    your question.


    Thanks for the kind words.


    I'd be inclined to think you're a dumbass for using 2-3
    AV tools while doing something as risky as banking online.
    To my mind that's like talking about life insurance while
    skydiving. Life insurance can make sense, but that doesn't
    justify the reckless risk of skydiving. Why would anyone do
    something so stupid? For a thrill? Because they don't care
    to live? Why would anyone bank online? Because you can't
    be bothered to walk?... But I'm too polite to say all that. :)

    I have 3 bank accounts. I've disabled all from online
    functionality. (Which can't be done at my bank. I had
    to call customer service.) Last week I was talking to
    a friend who's had about $25K stolen from his account.
    He though someone had somehow got his passwords,
    but then they also used his new password. The bank told
    him the problem must be on his Mac computer. He still
    hasn't figured it out.

    Since you clearly don't want to deal with script, browser
    security, understanding online security, and so on, I'll just
    suggest that you add a couple of Symantec products to
    you imagined arsenal. It might not help, but you'll sleep
    better and with any luck it will slow down your system so
    much that you won't be able to do your online banking. :)


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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to the Geordie on Thu Apr 13 17:00:38 2023
    In message <MPG.3ea1d42823ae00d998973a@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
    the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> writes
    In article <GnhI5wAf97NkFwRk@jhall_nospamxx.co.uk>,
    john_nospam@jhall.co.uk says...

    In message <k9o4jhFg5joU1@mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns
    <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes
    Ken Blake wrote:

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs.

    Trusteer isn't AV, I don't use it, but several UK banks recommend it as
    an "extra layer" of security ... it's owned by IBM.


    My bank used to recommend it, so I installed it. Thankfully they do so
    no longer, so I uninstalled it, as I wasn't very impressed. I don't
    think it and my AV utility ever had any problems in working together,
    though.

    Can you clarify please.
    How did you find out that your bank no longer recommend it? Did they
    contact you or did you ask them?

    It was several years ago, and my memory is so bad these days that I
    can't recall how I found out. I certainly wasn't proactive enough to ask
    them, though.

    Why/how were you 'not impressed'.

    I had it installed as an extension to my Chrome browser; IIRC it's
    specifically for preventing malware key-loggers from recording traffic
    between one's own machine and websites. But ISTR that the extension
    would occasionally go AWOL or would cause a problem with the browser.


    You state that you have an AV utility; on pc or android?

    PC.

    Why do you feel that MS Defender is inadequate?


    I've had an AV utility for many years, since back when MS Defender
    wasn't as good as it is now or possibly before it even existed, back in
    Windows 98 days I think. Most recently I've been using Malwarebytes,
    which seems to work well. It and MS Defender seem to co-exist happily.
    It may well be that MS Defender would be adequate on its own, but I've
    been happy to leave things be.
    --
    John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
    like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
    its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
    Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

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    It was several years ago, and my memory is so bad these days that
    I can't recall how I found out. I certainly wasn't proactive
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    less sugar. There is scientific evidence to suggest that people
    consuming less sugar have better memories.<br>
    <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ways-to-improve-memory">&lt;https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/ways-to-improve-memory&gt;</a><br>
    <br>
    I have used very little added sugar for the past 15 years and I
    think I have one of the best memories in my office. You have to be
    careful though, not to display your ability to recall facts
    otherwise you make enemies in the office. People don't like other
    people who can remember things without writing things down. They
    treat you like a spy!!<br>
    <br>
    Good luck.<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="top">Arrest</div>
    <div class="bottom">Dictator Putin</div>
    <br>
    <div class="top">We Stand</div>
    <div class="bottom">With Ukraine</div>
    <br>
    <div class="top border1">Stop Putin</div>
    <div class="bottom border">Ukraine Under Attack</div>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
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  • From =?UTF-8?B?Li4ud8Khw7HCp8KxwqTDsSA=?@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Thu Apr 13 11:45:29 2023
    Zaghadka wrote on 4/13/2023 7:39 AM:

    That said, this happened:

    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/antivirus-deletes-all-shortcuts-from-the-desktop/m-p/3715351

    That's a bit more serious than your example. Defender is not iron-clad.

    For clarity.
    The reports in that report/thread are unique to Microsoft Defender
    Endpoint which is a stand-alone or cloud based protection service
    provided in MSFT Enterprise products(Intune versions/editions,
    Configuration Manager, etc) that run on/require and supported on a
    variety of MSFT server products
    -i.e. an enterprise end-point security platform for enterprise networks

    Having said the above, the issue(desktop shortcuts removed) was real for
    those impacted Enterprise customers and caused by a faulty def attack
    surface reduction rule.
    Update defs released same day but unfortunately that did not restore or correct the missing 'shortcuts' which had to be manually repopulated.


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  • From Jim the Geordie@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 19:42:02 2023
    In article <R0WUj$BmcCOkFw7N@jhall_nospamxx.co.uk>,
    john_nospam@jhall.co.uk says...

    In message <MPG.3ea1d42823ae00d998973a@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
    the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> writes
    In article <GnhI5wAf97NkFwRk@jhall_nospamxx.co.uk>,
    john_nospam@jhall.co.uk says...

    In message <k9o4jhFg5joU1@mid.individual.net>, Andy Burns
    <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes
    Ken Blake wrote:

    Do you run both Defender and Trusteer? Again, I know nothing about
    Trusteer, but in general, it's a bad idea to simultaneously run two
    anti-virus programs.

    Trusteer isn't AV, I don't use it, but several UK banks recommend it as >> >an "extra layer" of security ... it's owned by IBM.


    My bank used to recommend it, so I installed it. Thankfully they do so
    no longer, so I uninstalled it, as I wasn't very impressed. I don't
    think it and my AV utility ever had any problems in working together,
    though.

    Can you clarify please.
    How did you find out that your bank no longer recommend it? Did they >contact you or did you ask them?

    It was several years ago, and my memory is so bad these days that I
    can't recall how I found out. I certainly wasn't proactive enough to ask them, though.

    Why/how were you 'not impressed'.

    I had it installed as an extension to my Chrome browser; IIRC it's specifically for preventing malware key-loggers from recording traffic between one's own machine and websites. But ISTR that the extension
    would occasionally go AWOL or would cause a problem with the browser.


    You state that you have an AV utility; on pc or android?

    PC.

    Why do you feel that MS Defender is inadequate?


    I've had an AV utility for many years, since back when MS Defender
    wasn't as good as it is now or possibly before it even existed, back in Windows 98 days I think. Most recently I've been using Malwarebytes,
    which seems to work well. It and MS Defender seem to co-exist happily.

    Thanks for clarifying. If it works - don't fix it!
    I suppose that applies to me too with Defender and Trusteer.
    Nobody has said anything here that would drive me to spend money on an
    AV I don't appear to need.

    --
    Jim the Geordie

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to Newyana2@invalid.nospam on Thu Apr 13 20:00:47 2023
    Newyana2 <Newyana2@invalid.nospam> wrote:
    "soyon" <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote

    | I've seen your posts in the past so I know not to waste my time with your
    | idiotic comments which are always what stupid people would say.
    |

    Ken is a former MS MVP and is generally courteous
    with others. If you don't like his comments then block
    them. There's no excuse for being nasty with someone
    who just gave you a serious, reasonable response to
    your question.

    I'd be inclined to think you're a dumbass

    You could be on to something there! :-)

    Pops up out of the blue. My notes of well over a year ago say "sounds
    like <insert_resident_nymshifter>". At the time, it used Aioe.org. Now
    that Aioe.org is dead, it uses another shady provider. I could be wrong,
    but in this matter I'm mostly not. YMMV.

    To Ken: Keep on posting. We're all different. Your style is your
    style. My style is my style. And Mayayana ..., well I should probably
    stop right there! :-)

    [...]

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  • From Ken Blake@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 16:35:59 2023
    On 13 Apr 2023 20:00:47 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
    wrote:

    Newyana2 <Newyana2@invalid.nospam> wrote:
    "soyon" <soyon@soyon.biz> wrote

    | I've seen your posts in the past so I know not to waste my time with your >> | idiotic comments which are always what stupid people would say.
    |

    Ken is a former MS MVP and is generally courteous
    with others. If you don't like his comments then block
    them. There's no excuse for being nasty with someone
    who just gave you a serious, reasonable response to
    your question.

    I'd be inclined to think you're a dumbass

    You could be on to something there! :-)

    Pops up out of the blue. My notes of well over a year ago say "sounds
    like <insert_resident_nymshifter>". At the time, it used Aioe.org. Now
    that Aioe.org is dead, it uses another shady provider. I could be wrong,
    but in this matter I'm mostly not. YMMV.

    To Ken: Keep on posting.


    Thanks. I wasn't planning on stopping.


    We're all different. Your style is your
    style. My style is my style.

    Yes, yes, and yes.


    And Mayayana ..., well I should probably
    stop right there! :-)

    [...]

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  • From wasbit@21:1/5 to John Hall on Fri Apr 14 10:00:17 2023
    On 13/04/2023 17:00, John Hall wrote:

    snip <

    You state that you have an AV utility; on pc or android?

    PC.

    Presumably running Windows 10 (as this is a Windows 10 group)



    I've had an AV utility for many years, since back when MS Defender
    wasn't as good as it is now or possibly before it even existed, back in Windows 98 days I think. Most recently I've been using Malwarebytes,
    which seems to work well. It and MS Defender seem to co-exist happily.
    It may well be that MS Defender would be adequate on its own, but I've
    been happy to leave things be.

    The free version of Malwarebytes turns off any installed anti virus
    programme & acts as a 'resident', always on, anti virus.
    After a month it reverts to being an 'on demand' scanner only, unless
    you opt to pay & go pro.
    Just be aware that in reverting to being an 'on demand' scanner it fails
    to turn back on the anti virus programme it previously turned off.

    --
    Regards
    wasbit

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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 14 10:21:17 2023
    In message <u1b4mv$1fqg8$1@dont-email.me>, wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com>
    writes
    On 13/04/2023 17:00, John Hall wrote:
    snip <

    You state that you have an AV utility; on pc or android?
    PC.

    Presumably running Windows 10 (as this is a Windows 10 group)

    Yes.



    I've had an AV utility for many years, since back when MS Defender
    wasn't as good as it is now or possibly before it even existed, back
    in Windows 98 days I think. Most recently I've been using
    Malwarebytes, which seems to work well. It and MS Defender seem to
    co-exist happily. It may well be that MS Defender would be adequate
    on its own, but I've been happy to leave things be.

    The free version of Malwarebytes turns off any installed anti virus
    programme & acts as a 'resident', always on, anti virus.
    After a month it reverts to being an 'on demand' scanner only, unless
    you opt to pay & go pro.

    I DID opt to pay and go pro.

    Just be aware that in reverting to being an 'on demand' scanner it
    fails to turn back on the anti virus programme it previously turned off.


    Thanks, but I'm sure Windows Notifications would swiftly warn me if I
    was unprotected, since it warns me if Malwarebytes protection is very
    briefly off when it's updating.
    --
    John Hall "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
    like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
    its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
    Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

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  • From s|b@21:1/5 to Stan Brown on Fri Apr 14 17:54:04 2023
    On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:09:29 -0700, Stan Brown wrote:

    From what I've heard. it's best not to use any AV other than the one M$ provides.

    It's not April 1st anymore.

    I have used Avast (free) for a long time, but they turned out to be data collectors. Then I read that Defender (M$) had shed its bad reputation
    and was just as good as any other AV, maybe even better. I'm using it
    now on W11. I'm not going to install Avast, that's for sure!

    --
    s|b

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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to wasbit on Fri Apr 14 19:33:57 2023
    On Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:00:17 +0100, wasbit wrote:
    The free version of Malwarebytes turns off any installed anti virus
    programme & acts as a 'resident', always on, anti virus.
    After a month it reverts to being an 'on demand' scanner only, unless
    you opt to pay & go pro.

    A better way to say that:
    When you install the free version of Malwarebytes, you have the
    _option_ of a one-month trial of the paid version, which includes
    real-time protection.

    But you don't have to accept that, and if you don't, Malwarebytes
    doesn't do anything to any real-time protection you have from another
    antivirus program.


    --
    Stan Brown, Tehachapi, California, USA https://BrownMath.com/
    Shikata ga nai...

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  • From AllanH@21:1/5 to Stan Brown on Sat Apr 15 03:45:45 2023
    On 4/14/2023 9:33 PM, Stan Brown wrote:

    On Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:00:17 +0100, wasbit wrote:
    The free version of Malwarebytes turns off any installed anti virus
    programme & acts as a 'resident', always on, anti virus.
    After a month it reverts to being an 'on demand' scanner only, unless
    you opt to pay & go pro.

    A better way to say that:
    When you install the free version of Malwarebytes, you have the
    _option_ of a one-month trial of the paid version, which includes
    real-time protection.

    But you don't have to accept that, and if you don't, Malwarebytes
    doesn't do anything to any real-time protection you have from another antivirus program.

    That's why I prefer a standalone on-demand scanner like the Kaspersky
    Virus Removal Tool to Malwarebytes.
    No need to install anything.
    If you're not interested in real-time protection, installation shouldn't
    be necessary.

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