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Why are we even messing with anything other than WD these days?
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<blockquote data-quote="Windows_Security" data-source="post: 821383" data-attributes="member: 50782"><p>1. In older (win7) version of WD the Microsoft signed executables were treated differently, e.g. startup of internet explorer caused lower peak of WD than a program startup of Chrome, so M$ cheats a little. In our nearly Microsoft only software PC's at home even a weak Z3750 CPU feels crispy with WD (faster than most premium third-party AV's).</p><p></p><p>2. Valid point, I have disabled execution from other sources (except SSD) through registry and ACL tweaks, so only way executables can end up on my disks are through internet.</p><p></p><p>3. Agree, when you refer to <a href="https://demo.wd.microsoft.com/Page/NP" target="_blank">Network Protection - Windows Defender Testground</a> in the past it seemed to be iffy sometimes I it works sometimes it does not. With latest Edge Chromium BETA it seems work well (it also suffered on-off behaviour in first DEV-builds).</p><p></p><p>4. I had to allow only one non-M$ program for folder protection on one of our three PC's, so what is wrong with it?</p><p></p><p>On all three PC's (ASUS Transformer Atom Z3740 - 2GB, Yoga 520 Pentium 4415U - 4GB and Desktop i720 - 6 GB) Hard Configurator and Configure Defender do they heavy lifting in terms of security. Only on my Desktop I also run OS_Armor with only my block and exception rules enabled (that is block all from user space, allow Microsoft signed in all user folders and FileZilla plus SyncBack Free to run from Temp folder for updates). On all our PC's WD is set to block (cloud protection) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. Using mostly M$ software this works fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Windows_Security, post: 821383, member: 50782"] 1. In older (win7) version of WD the Microsoft signed executables were treated differently, e.g. startup of internet explorer caused lower peak of WD than a program startup of Chrome, so M$ cheats a little. In our nearly Microsoft only software PC's at home even a weak Z3750 CPU feels crispy with WD (faster than most premium third-party AV's). 2. Valid point, I have disabled execution from other sources (except SSD) through registry and ACL tweaks, so only way executables can end up on my disks are through internet. 3. Agree, when you refer to [URL='https://demo.wd.microsoft.com/Page/NP']Network Protection - Windows Defender Testground[/URL] in the past it seemed to be iffy sometimes I it works sometimes it does not. With latest Edge Chromium BETA it seems work well (it also suffered on-off behaviour in first DEV-builds). 4. I had to allow only one non-M$ program for folder protection on one of our three PC's, so what is wrong with it? On all three PC's (ASUS Transformer Atom Z3740 - 2GB, Yoga 520 Pentium 4415U - 4GB and Desktop i720 - 6 GB) Hard Configurator and Configure Defender do they heavy lifting in terms of security. Only on my Desktop I also run OS_Armor with only my block and exception rules enabled (that is block all from user space, allow Microsoft signed in all user folders and FileZilla plus SyncBack Free to run from Temp folder for updates). On all our PC's WD is set to block (cloud protection) :). Using mostly M$ software this works fine. [/QUOTE]
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