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Is Defender good against scriptors or malicious pdf and word files?
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<blockquote data-quote="monkeylove" data-source="post: 1068188" data-attributes="member: 19756"><p>I'm thinking of just set-and-forget software like Bitdefender free. I'm also guessing that anyone who's asking if Defender is good enough can figure out how to install another AV. Otherwise, there's no point in asking.</p><p></p><p>About PDF readers, I don't think all malware are coursed through only PDFs, so that suggestion is lacking. Rather, one will have to figure out what to turn off in every app that involves scripts, Word files, etc. But what happens if a feature stops working given that? One has to remember what to enable and then disable it after. It's similar to the effects of hardening Defender. As for VMs, VTs, and hex editors, as those are even more complicated, if not weird, because the user now takes on the role of the security program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeylove, post: 1068188, member: 19756"] I'm thinking of just set-and-forget software like Bitdefender free. I'm also guessing that anyone who's asking if Defender is good enough can figure out how to install another AV. Otherwise, there's no point in asking. About PDF readers, I don't think all malware are coursed through only PDFs, so that suggestion is lacking. Rather, one will have to figure out what to turn off in every app that involves scripts, Word files, etc. But what happens if a feature stops working given that? One has to remember what to enable and then disable it after. It's similar to the effects of hardening Defender. As for VMs, VTs, and hex editors, as those are even more complicated, if not weird, because the user now takes on the role of the security program. [/QUOTE]
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