Korne127 31 points 7 months ago

Which actual IT guy supports antivirus?

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cm0002 15 points 7 months ago

Lol generally I'll refer to the OS builtin tooling (XProtect/MS Defender) and EDRs as "Antivirus" otherwise the non-techies will freak OmG wE hAVe NO aV! And then the "anti"-viruses like mcafee and Kaspersky mysteriously spawns

And also on-demand AV software can be good for spot checks or if you're sus of something.

It's the "Real-time" shit that hooks into the kernel that needs to be avoided like the plague

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krooklochurm 3 points 7 months ago

When i was a windows person many moons ago i ran into viruses once or twice. Kaspersky was the only av in those days that effectively cleaned them from my system.

Now i am a linux dude. Where there doesnt really seem to be an effective antivirus solution because, even though malware exists, it's so fucking sophisticated and stealthy you may never know it.

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Honytawk 1 point 7 months ago

it’s so fucking sophisticated and stealthy you may never know it.

Even more reason to install an AV on Linux.

It is the whole point of an AV to prevent malware the user doesn't notice.

Almost every malware tries to be invisible to the user. Because if they aren't, they would be wiped off instantly. This goes for every OS.

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Buddahriffic 3 points 7 months ago

Lock down their accounts so they can't even install shit.

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