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>>mconle+(OP)
Windows Defender is a long standing bug in the Windows operating system. ;)

My impression is that its invention was for the sole purpose of eradicating the idea that Windows is insecure and prone to viruses, which explains why it can be overzealous and CPU hungry.

I would only enable it for family members who don't know what they are doing. For some reason, I haven't needed any form of active virus scanning in something like 15 years. If it turns out I've been infected this entire time, the criminals sure are taking their time stealing my money, etc.

>>ravens+Df
There's a misconception that you need to do something "stupid" to get a virus which is simply not the case. 0 days exist, and worms are still a thing (looking at you samba).

A great example is Pytorch just recently had a supply chain attack, and installing the nightly version between December 25th and December 30th, 2022 - would result in your home directory getting uploaded including ssh keys.

Chrome also just had a 0 day 2022 - CVE-2022-3075

Pytorch supply chain attack via Triton 2022/2023 - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pytorch-discl...

EDIT: Also there's a misconception that linux somehow doesn't get viruses - however the Pytorch attack affected linux users. Making a virus for windows gives you far more targets then linux, which is why they're far more common.

>>thewat+si
windows users will also happily "run as administrator", while a lot of linux users know not to do that in my experience

>>lionko+Xk
>a lot of linux users know not to do that in my experience

README.md : "to get this to work, curl or wget the following script and run it as sudo"

Linux users: Aye

>>ChuckN+LA
That is programmers etc using Linux, yes. Casual users wont touch the terminal.

>>lionko+3M1
In my experience, there are relatively few casual users of Linux.