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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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