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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by happy-go-lucky on Monday September 18, 2017 @08:30AM (#15275252)
I’m not a gamer. Also, I can’t recommend using or not using Defender. For aimless browsing I use my Linux box, and one of my favorite browser extensions is uBlock Origin. Nowadays I don’t have to carry flash drives or other storage devices and never plug in things that belong to others :)
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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by turtlebits on Monday September 18, 2017 @08:44AM (#15275331)
Do you never run software you haven't written/audited?
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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by happy-go-lucky on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:23AM (#15275647)
I do, but I try to see if it's from a trustworthy source.
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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by jszymborski on Monday September 18, 2017 @10:28AM (#15276233)
Pirform has been around for ages and has always been as "trustworthy" a software publisher as one could hope for. Supply-chain compromises are hard to completely mitigate, particularly with bundled windows installers.
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Re:Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33 by happy-go-lucky on Monday September 18, 2017 @12:47PM (#15277419)
Advertising never works for me. Linux and Windows are worlds apart.
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