Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox-related CPU use by 75%

Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by SketchySeaBeast on Monday April 10, 2023 @01:58PM (#35515218)

I don't know if that's the case. I'm a Firefox user but consider all the 3rd party apps nearly as much malware as the things they are trying to solve. I run strictly defender and try to make good choices when downloading and browsing.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by UberFly on Monday April 10, 2023 @02:42PM (#35515787)

I actually replace Defender with a 3rd party choice (Eset) for this very same reason - to wrestle some control over my OS from Microsoft. I find Defender to be overbearing in so many ways.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by chillstreem on Monday April 10, 2023 @02:01PM (#35515259)

well, if we're taking strictly subjective personal experiences as some sort of a relevant benchmark, then I'm a Windows Firefox user that has never used MS defender for any length of time, and always strictly a reliable low-impact 3rd party AV like ESET or Emsisoft. so I guess the two of us cancel each other out.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by SketchySeaBeast on Monday April 10, 2023 @02:10PM (#35515364)

So based upon rigorous analysis, approximately half of all Firefox users use the default choice, and half use a different AV.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by hgsgm on Monday April 10, 2023 @03:30PM (#35516364)

> strictly a reliable low-impact 3rd party AV

Sounds good

> like ESET

What?! ESET used to burn constant CPU when wifi disconnected.

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Re:Microsoft fixes 5-year-old Defender bug, reducing Firefox... by guestbest on Monday April 10, 2023 @02:47PM (#35515857)

I agree with this and try to practice myself. I download portablespps.com hoping they have a scanner and stick to the open source ones

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