• cm0002@mander.xyzOP
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    3 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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      1 hour 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.