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Yes, I will visit shady websites and open shady pdf - third party security?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nikos751" data-source="post: 1028792" data-attributes="member: 5403"><p>I am a CS student and in parallel doing research for my thesis.</p><p>The practice of not visiting unknown sites with questionable content and downloads is <u>not </u>applicable for me, as I may open every document file that is not executable from many sources, in order to find research material.</p><p>Is any third party security software of any value for me, compared to what Microsoft Defender can offer me? No extra configurations can be used like some of ConfigureDefender's settings, because of compatibility problems with documents and powershell scripts. Even Norton blocked some vulnerability assesment tools in vmware vbox some time ago, so I started considering Microsoft Defender in defaults again..</p><p>I need real world advice as a power knowledgeable IT user.</p><p>Also I have core isolation turned of for performance reasons, and I cannot use sandboxed browsers</p><p>Only ublock origin with only ad filters enabled is enabled on my Google Chrome.</p><p>Maybe it's not possible at all to have an adequate protection, maybe statistically wise, I can be safe. Maybe I know all the answers, but I would like to discuss it with you.</p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nikos751, post: 1028792, member: 5403"] I am a CS student and in parallel doing research for my thesis. The practice of not visiting unknown sites with questionable content and downloads is [U]not [/U]applicable for me, as I may open every document file that is not executable from many sources, in order to find research material. Is any third party security software of any value for me, compared to what Microsoft Defender can offer me? No extra configurations can be used like some of ConfigureDefender's settings, because of compatibility problems with documents and powershell scripts. Even Norton blocked some vulnerability assesment tools in vmware vbox some time ago, so I started considering Microsoft Defender in defaults again.. I need real world advice as a power knowledgeable IT user. Also I have core isolation turned of for performance reasons, and I cannot use sandboxed browsers Only ublock origin with only ad filters enabled is enabled on my Google Chrome. Maybe it's not possible at all to have an adequate protection, maybe statistically wise, I can be safe. Maybe I know all the answers, but I would like to discuss it with you. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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