Google Chrome Engineer Says Windows Defender 'the Only Well Behaved Antivirus', Cites 'Tons of Empirical Data' (onmsft.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday February 1, 2017 @02:00AM from the how-about-that dept.

Days after former Firefox developer Robert O'Callahan said that antivirus security suites are not necessary, and AV vendors are of little help. A Google Chrome engineer has echoed the same message, reaffirming that Microsoft's built-in software is indeed the most well-behaved security suite. From a report: Apparently the disdain for 3rd party AV solutions runs deep amongst browser developers, as in response to the threads a Google engineer, Justin Schuh, had this to say: "Browser makers don't complain about Microsoft Defender because we have tons of empirical data showing that it's the only well behaved AV."

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I don't know about that by Anonymous Coward · 2017-02-01 02:11 · Score: 5, Funny

I have a friend who's a Windows Defender and he just goes on and on about how great Microsoft's products are. Pretty intrusive if you ask me.
Re:I'd agree by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2017-02-01 03:09 · Score: 4, Funny

>> I keep all my email viruses in a folder to see how long it takes AV software to catch up. It can take weeks. Sometimes they never do.

I do this too. I also have a folder on Google Drive called "Viruses" for exactly the same purpose. It's been getting pretty full lately; I feel a little like Egon with his neighborhood-sized twinkie.