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Re:Microsoft didn’t sandbox Windows Defender, so I did by technion on Thursday August 03, 2017 @07:49AM (#14918711)
Get it changed from "scan all files", which humorously scans things like .css and .jpg files for malware, to "scan executable files". This has a huge impact on McAfee's performance, and has for years.
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Re:Microsoft didn’t sandbox Windows Defender, so I did by joshschreuder on Thursday August 03, 2017 @10:59PM (#14925995)
Sadly it's controlled by the higher ups who worry about 'security'... never mind that it decreases programmer productivity quite a bit!
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Re:Microsoft didn’t sandbox Windows Defender, so I did by valdiorn on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:31AM (#14927230)
Wasted developer time = wasted money.

How much wasted money could they save each year by changing this setting? You need to speak their language. If you can legitimately show that it costs 15k per year to have that checkbox on, they will act.

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