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   me (me@social.jlamothe.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 06:28:23 JST me
   Setting up a #Windows machine for the first time in forever. I've been out of the game for a while. What, if any, antivirus is decent these days?
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 06:28:21 JST silverwizard

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     @me My rule is Avast because the admin tools are fine. They all suck in the same ways
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 07:50:00 JST silverwizard

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     • Janne Moren
     @me @jannem the only flaw in defender is that every virus is written to bypass it
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     me (me@social.jlamothe.net)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 07:50:02 JST me

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     • Janne Moren
     @jannem I've heard that as well. Just didn't know how accurate it was.
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     Janne Moren (jannem@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 28-May-2025 07:50:03 JST Janne Moren

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     @me
     The advice I hear is that the included Windows Defender is as good as any of the others, so no need to add something else. Especially as AV packages by their nature tend to become security issues of their own.