• cm0002@mander.xyzOP
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      5 hours ago

      Lol generally I’ll refer to the OS builtin tooling (XProtect/MS Defender) and EDRs as “Antivirus” otherwise the non-techies will freak OmG wE hAVe NO aV! And then the “anti”-viruses like mcafee and Kaspersky mysteriously spawns

      And also on-demand AV software can be good for spot checks or if you’re sus of something.

      It’s the “Real-time” shit that hooks into the kernel that needs to be avoided like the plague

      • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
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        4 hours ago

        When i was a windows person many moons ago i ran into viruses once or twice. Kaspersky was the only av in those days that effectively cleaned them from my system.

        Now i am a linux dude. Where there doesnt really seem to be an effective antivirus solution because, even though malware exists, it’s so fucking sophisticated and stealthy you may never know it.