Antivirus vs malwares difference???

[CodeExplorer]

What is the difference between malwares and antivirus?
I mean Antivirus slow down PC and erase legit files which are flagged as suspicious;
not talking about the strange fact that protected/packed files are flagged as malicious.
Anyway anti-viruses are still necessary or being careful on what you download from internet.
And also I found hard to trust a single antivirus program.
What antivirus you are using?
 

[jackyjask]

55 minutes ago, CodeExplorer said:

Anyway anti-viruses are still necessary

yes, they are necessary to destroy your PC

 

 

[Washi]

1 hour ago, CodeExplorer said:

Anyway anti-viruses are still necessary or being careful on what you download from internet.

The issue is that the average Joe may not have the skill nor competence to be careful. Unfortunately, installing software on Windows still primarily depends on downloading random setup executables found on random websites. It's very easy to go to a wrong website and download the wrong setup file. Furthermore, having a program that can catch low hanging fruits can be nice. This is why AV exists.

Many third-party AVs however indeed started including a lot of extra invasive crap running in the background and/or kernel, which could be considered malware as well. For this reason I tend to not recommend any third-party real-time AV anymore.

1 hour ago, CodeExplorer said:

What antivirus you are using?

Linux and VMs. Just normal Windows Defender on the rare occasion I am actually running Windows on bare metal.

[Rol]

On 8/31/2024 at 7:55 PM, Washi said:

The issue is that the average Joe may not have the skill nor competence to be careful. Unfortunately, installing software on Windows still primarily depends on downloading random setup executables found on random websites. It's very easy to go to a wrong website and download the wrong setup file. Furthermore, having a program that can catch low hanging fruits can be nice. This is why AV exists.

Many third-party AVs however indeed started including a lot of extra invasive crap running in the background and/or kernel, which could be considered malware as well. For this reason I tend to not recommend any third-party real-time AV anymore.

Linux and VMs. Just normal Windows Defender on the rare occasion I am actually running Windows on bare metal.

What linux distrobution are you using?

[jackyjask]

anybody knows what is the Unkown about

 

[Washi]

4 hours ago, Rol said:

What linux distrobution are you using?

Exact distro doesn't really matter that much, no matter what people tell you. What matters is that most if not all distros come with a package manager, a central place to get your software from, as opposed to random websites found on Google with 20 fake download buttons, popups and overlays.

Granted, it is still possible to download and run malicious packages (e.g., Arch has the AUR which is much less regulated), but reality is that the majority of malware still targets Windows. Besides I'd argue that the community is pretty good at spotting bad packages and getting rid of them.

But, to answer your question...

Spoiler

I use Arch btw 🙃

[PeterN]

Unlike malware you actually have to agree to EULA in order for an AV to spy on you.