Everytime I browse Lemmy, my Bitdefender always pops up
Should I just ignore and/or whitelist this? Gotta admit it’s a bit c/MildlyInfuriating tho…
Eh, it’s kinda annoying but it does its job. Plus I hate subscriptions and the best free option I’ve found (I don’t think they do one-time payment AVs anymore?) is Avast + Malwarebytes. What do you suggest?
Just uninstall all of it and let Windows take care of itself. You don’t need antivirus. Do avoid obviously suspicious files, and you should be fine.
That’s the thing, I’m really paranoid and I don’t trust my brain alone to judge what is an “obviously suspicious file”. I might be exaggerating, but better safe than sorry.
Sure, but Windows Defender is built in and doesn’t suck. I have even heard security professionals make the argument that anti viruses may increase attack surface as much or more than they defend you (not necessarily asserting that is the case).
