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

Posted by msmash on 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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  1. Disable ad-blocker for a paragraph of twitter crap by bignetbuy · · Score: 5, Informative

    I clicked on the link, get a popup asking me to disable my ad-blocker...fine. Done. Turns out the article is about a paragraph and just regurgitates some twitter garbage. Utterly useless site.

  2. Re: MicroShaft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They're not glorifying effectiveness (though most testing shows they all are pretty equal now) instead they're explaining that Microsoft's solution behaves well with applications which is generally true as it's less invasive.

    As a former developer of web browsers (6 years of it), I can confirm that from a developer's point of view, Microsoft hooks more cleanly into the sockets API than the other's I've used.

    Don't get your panties in a bunch.