Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG
by chx on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:48AM
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> No way are they reading Windows Defender popups with complicated words like "executable", they're gonna click okay
Indeed. https://i.imgur.com/M4RNUHl.png from https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2016/conference-prog...
Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG
by tentacleuno on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:03AM
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I use BitDefender, not because I'm an idiot as you implied, but simply because according to my research it's more efficient and catches more threats than Windows Defender.
The amount of people who would open funnycat.jpg.exe is much larger than you think. No way are they reading Windows Defender popups with complicated words like "executable", they're gonna click okay and it's up to 3rd party virus protectors to stop that stuff with scary flashy warning popups.