Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 00:01:42 JST Kevin Beaumont

   Pretty funny - brand new Surface setup, "Microsoft Defender" (not to be confused with Microsoft Defender Antivirus or Microsoft Defender for Endpoint) kicks in and recommends I use.. Microsoft Quick Assist, which is very commonly linked to ransomware entry nowadays.

   • Embed this notice
     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 00:05:25 JST Kevin Beaumont

     in reply to

     It still blows my mind that there's two Microsoft Defender's installed on new Windows PCs, with the same icon, which give conflicting advice, owned by different product groups - one of which isn't security.

     kaia likes this.
   • Embed this notice
     Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 00:27:57 JST Kevin Beaumont

     in reply to

     There's also two Copilot icons... one icon leads to Microsoft Office.

   • Embed this notice
     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 00:31:14 JST SuperDicq

     in reply to

     @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social It's always been like this.

   • Embed this notice
     Jukka Niiranen (jukkan@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 19-Apr-2025 02:42:03 JST Jukka Niiranen

     in reply to

     @GossiTheDog Microsoft org structure cartoon, updated for the AI era. #Copilot