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Why are we even messing with anything other than WD these days?
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<blockquote data-quote="danb" data-source="post: 888600" data-attributes="member: 62850"><p>I recently performed a Windows 10 2004 clean install on my main computer. For the same reason you do not lock the doors to your house when you are moving in, I relied solely on WD while downloading and installing the various software on my system. Once I was finished installing software, it was time to lock the system down, so I installed VS. WLC immediately found and infection, and it turned out to be a particularly difficult infection to remove (it took me a couple of hours to figure it out).</p><p></p><p>This is not an isolated incident. Our users (including MT members) have experienced similar situations. I was just shocked that it happened so quickly, over a span of a day or so, which is why I posted on this thread.</p><p></p><p>WD is great and has come a very long way, but it is not as perfect as some people lead you to believe. At the very least, second opinion scans should be performed weekly.</p><p></p><p>Also, I agree that fulltime deny-by-default is overkill, especially for home users. But when a user is about to click on a questionable link and the hair is standing up on their neck, they are probably going to wish they had the peace of mind knowing that their computer is locked.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="danb, post: 888600, member: 62850"] I recently performed a Windows 10 2004 clean install on my main computer. For the same reason you do not lock the doors to your house when you are moving in, I relied solely on WD while downloading and installing the various software on my system. Once I was finished installing software, it was time to lock the system down, so I installed VS. WLC immediately found and infection, and it turned out to be a particularly difficult infection to remove (it took me a couple of hours to figure it out). This is not an isolated incident. Our users (including MT members) have experienced similar situations. I was just shocked that it happened so quickly, over a span of a day or so, which is why I posted on this thread. WD is great and has come a very long way, but it is not as perfect as some people lead you to believe. At the very least, second opinion scans should be performed weekly. Also, I agree that fulltime deny-by-default is overkill, especially for home users. But when a user is about to click on a questionable link and the hair is standing up on their neck, they are probably going to wish they had the peace of mind knowing that their computer is locked. [/QUOTE]
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