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Re:Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised by account42 on Monday October 20, 2025 @11:38AM (#45645151)
Unfortunately Defender also flags lots of non-malware open source software, which trains users to ignore it.
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Re:Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised by rs186 on Monday October 20, 2025 @12:17PM (#45645623)
Example? Personally I have not run into a single such false positive for the past 10 years. Microsoft SmartScreen sometimes shows a warning for executables that are not digitally signed, but that's not Defender, and this is nowhere like flagging as a virus.
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Re:Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised by akimbostrawman on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @04:58AM (#45653840)
qBittorrent which is a reputable and popular torrent client used to download linux isos, gets flagged and removed as "potentially unwanted applications" by windows defender.
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