Re:Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software
by icebraining on Thursday January 26, 2017 @07:46AM
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No, I don't think so and if it does, please tell me which browser does it so I can keep away from it, because that defeats the purpose of TLS.
AVs generally run with complete permissions, and can do everything up to and including injecting their own code inside your browser's running process. Providing them with an API doesn't weaken the security, it just reduces the chances they'll screw the browser up.
AVs generally run with complete permissions, and can do everything up to and including injecting their own code inside your browser's running process. Providing them with an API doesn't weaken the security, it just reduces the chances they'll screw the browser up.