I don't think it's fair to say there's "no cloud". In virus & threat protection settings there is an option to turn on cloud-based protection...
It's kinda a moot point now as there have been further developments since that article was published. Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab have apparently...
If you go to Settings / Update & Security and click on Windows Defender, it lists version info, including the engine version.
The way I understand it is that they disclosed it to Microsoft giving them 90 days to fix it. Failing that, they would then fully disclose the...
I've used neither. I went into RegEdit and added the required DWORD.
I'm slightly confused. I manually added the PUA reg tweak ages ago but I'm currently on the Creators Update. I just tested downloading the AMTSO...
In the test with Emsisoft the system was not compromised. 94.5% were blocked but 5.5% was user dependent.
It appears Microsoft has made some changes to address Windows 10 AV monopoly claims after contacting Kaspersky to work on a number of improvements...
That link does now show the .133 release. It looks like they made a mistake and it has now been corrected.
This surprises me also since you two are now working together on VS. It's not as though that video was made ages ago.
I do agree these figures are astonishing but I'm wondering if these numbers are based on the naming system they tag to every sample variant they...
It would be interesting to hear the reasoning behind not implementing a quarantine feature.
Even though the website has had a makeover and the main page says v7 is available now, I don't think it's all complete yet because the product...
When you said you don't know how that is possible, I'm assuming you were referring to Edge. If so, it can be done by going to More, Settings,...
You can disable/enable SmartScreen in IE 11 by going to Tools then Safety, which seems to be in a different location in @boredog's screenshot.
Perhaps @Sveta MRG could chime in and answer some of the burning questions being raised in this thread.
The trick is to stop the ransomware from running in the first place. Once you ask about ransomware forcing a PC reboot, it already has taken hold...
Although not evaluated in the original study, Emsisoft have posted on their blog that their products do not intercept any HTTPS traffic:...
Cliqz has acquired the popular anti-tracking tool Ghostery and the Ghostery brand. See:...
UK social network for neighbourhoods Streetlife was recently taken over by the American version Nextdoor. However, some UK users of Streetlife who...
I think the key here is that no two machines are exactly the same. There are so many system configurations that is it any wonder we hear that...
There was really no need to call him out on this as it's just prolonging the argument. You should also be able to accept the other scenario that...
Can we please stop this silly back and forth argument? It serves no purpose and must be confusing for those that are new to internet security and...
I don't think @true indian is moving away from us because of this being said:
Opening this up to everyone as I think this needs clarifying. I'm getting the impression from reading all the various links posted so far that...
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