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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 938686">I think part of the problem is that many people are not willing to listen, or hear what the other person is saying. In the case of WD, there are those who like to make assumptions on how it works and/or what are it&#039;s capabilities. Instead of having a friendly conversation, some just resort to calling people fanboys and stating that everyone is saying that WD is the best AV in the world, with no faults....which is not the case.In this very thread [USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER] has done a pretty good job of explaining how WD works and has been trying to clarify some misunderstandings. In fact [USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER],&nbsp; myself and many others have stated numerous times that WD is not perfect. We agree with the fact that it&#039;s not for everyone and has it&#039;s faults. Thing is, people who constantly bash WD miss that and only see our comments saying &quot;it&#039;s good.&quot;You will also have those who post one test and make a general conclusion that WD is garbage because of one test. When other members say well...according to these 10 tests it&#039;s not as bad as it&#039;s made out to be. Problem is...that one test just agrees with that person&#039;s opinion and therefore they ignore all of the other facts...this one test must be the right test because it agrees with my &quot;experience.&quot; So I can see where the frustrations lie.I think we can all be better in this front, however it takes both sides to respect and be willing to understand each others point of view. Problem is, we are still living in a world where many people think that &quot;my opinion/experience is the only correct one and everyone else is wrong.&quot;That is true....I am of the opinion that it&#039;s very hard to discuss WD and not discuss other aspects of W10 security. Since MS has sprinkled various security features throughout the OS, it&#039;s hard to isolate everything, as it&#039;s all designed to complement one another...similar to a 3rd party security suite. I get that WD is the &quot;AV&quot; of the OS, but you cannot just ignore the other aspects, which many people do. It would be like just focusing on Kaspersky&#039;s real-time file scanner and ignoring their firewall, system watcher, TAM, etc...All in all, I have said this numerous times and will continue to say it...there are many products to choose from, just pick the ones that works best for you. No AV/IS and I mean NO AV/IS is perfect, and every single AV/IS can miss malware. In the case of this thread&nbsp; any AV/IS can be bypassed/disabled. No solution is 100% immune to this...this isn&#039;t just a WD problem, even though many like to paint it that way....<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite140" alt=":emoji_beer:" title="Beer&nbsp; &nbsp; :emoji_beer:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":emoji_beer:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 938686"] I think part of the problem is that many people are not willing to listen, or hear what the other person is saying. In the case of WD, there are those who like to make assumptions on how it works and/or what are it's capabilities. Instead of having a friendly conversation, some just resort to calling people fanboys and stating that everyone is saying that WD is the best AV in the world, with no faults....which is not the case. In this very thread [USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER] has done a pretty good job of explaining how WD works and has been trying to clarify some misunderstandings. In fact [USER=32260]@Andy Ful[/USER], myself and many others have stated numerous times that WD is not perfect. We agree with the fact that it's not for everyone and has it's faults. Thing is, people who constantly bash WD miss that and only see our comments saying "it's good." You will also have those who post one test and make a general conclusion that WD is garbage because of one test. When other members say well...according to these 10 tests it's not as bad as it's made out to be. Problem is...that one test just agrees with that person's opinion and therefore they ignore all of the other facts...this one test must be the right test because it agrees with my "experience." So I can see where the frustrations lie. I think we can all be better in this front, however it takes both sides to respect and be willing to understand each others point of view. Problem is, we are still living in a world where many people think that "my opinion/experience is the only correct one and everyone else is wrong." That is true....I am of the opinion that it's very hard to discuss WD and not discuss other aspects of W10 security. Since MS has sprinkled various security features throughout the OS, it's hard to isolate everything, as it's all designed to complement one another...similar to a 3rd party security suite. I get that WD is the "AV" of the OS, but you cannot just ignore the other aspects, which many people do. It would be like just focusing on Kaspersky's real-time file scanner and ignoring their firewall, system watcher, TAM, etc... All in all, I have said this numerous times and will continue to say it...there are many products to choose from, just pick the ones that works best for you. No AV/IS and I mean NO AV/IS is perfect, and every single AV/IS can miss malware. In the case of this thread any AV/IS can be bypassed/disabled. No solution is 100% immune to this...this isn't just a WD problem, even though many like to paint it that way....:emoji_beer: [/QUOTE]

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