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Is AV software necessary on Windows in 2024?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowra" data-source="post: 1071690" data-attributes="member: 92939"><p>Any antivirus can produce false positives.</p><p>Microsoft corrects them fairly quickly if you submit them, however, I've never seen it remove a game...</p><p></p><p>Some AVs like Panda or Norton are more familiar with false positives (like Norton which detects Surfshark VPN as a PUP...)</p><p>Or Trend Micro, which blocks all unsigned files as suspicious ^^ (it protects, yes, but if you have a totally clean program coded by an independent developer who can't sign his program: It'll be blocked).</p><p></p><p>The only one that's ever removed a game is DeepInstinct, but its AI is too violent and you need to know how to configure it.</p><p></p><p>NB : Microsoft has even increased the size of files to be scanned and now knows how to block bloated files <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> (those containing PrivateLoader, Vidar, EternityLoader or RiseProLoader)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowra, post: 1071690, member: 92939"] Any antivirus can produce false positives. Microsoft corrects them fairly quickly if you submit them, however, I've never seen it remove a game... Some AVs like Panda or Norton are more familiar with false positives (like Norton which detects Surfshark VPN as a PUP...) Or Trend Micro, which blocks all unsigned files as suspicious ^^ (it protects, yes, but if you have a totally clean program coded by an independent developer who can't sign his program: It'll be blocked). The only one that's ever removed a game is DeepInstinct, but its AI is too violent and you need to know how to configure it. NB : Microsoft has even increased the size of files to be scanned and now knows how to block bloated files ;) (those containing PrivateLoader, Vidar, EternityLoader or RiseProLoader) [/QUOTE]
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