Anti-virus warning and failure
Anti-virus warning and failure
Sometimes I get an error report about my anti-virus software blocking your application. It happens on one computer but not on others. Can that be fixed?
Re: Anti-virus warning and failure
Most anti-virus (AV) software these days is over-rated and unnecessary. Even the biggest names are only as good as the fortune that they spend on self-promotion. Beyond that AV solutions are a monkey-see monkey-do industry that relies on found virus patterns. There is no "best" solution and certainly none with protection for all viruses.
All of them including Nortons, Mcfee, Trend Micro, etc are what should be known as NUISANCE software. Sometimes bundled with other applications and sometimes installed on new computers, they can cleverly be difficult to remove until you pay for their licensing and while running, can eat into a computer's resources and slow them down. They all have this in common and they all use the same lame excuse for lack of research by declaring unknown applications a virus as a scapegoat for their own inadequacy.
False Positives
A "false positive" is when anti-virus quarantines an application declaring it a virus when it is not. In fact the truth is in most cases that the anti-virus hasn't got a clue at all and the excuse used is usually "Reputation". In fact that bogus excuse has been used so match that there is now a virus definition called "Reputation". But what is really means is that they have never tested the application in question at all.
The Solution
If a new app cannot be whitelisted, that means the AV software is rubbish, so uninstall it and get on with your life.
Windows Defender
Windows Defender is a free AV solution provided by Microsoft, and who better knows about Windows and security? It will run silently in the background and update virus patterns when you get your Windows updates.
So know that you know about Windows Defender, why bother with scam software?
All of them including Nortons, Mcfee, Trend Micro, etc are what should be known as NUISANCE software. Sometimes bundled with other applications and sometimes installed on new computers, they can cleverly be difficult to remove until you pay for their licensing and while running, can eat into a computer's resources and slow them down. They all have this in common and they all use the same lame excuse for lack of research by declaring unknown applications a virus as a scapegoat for their own inadequacy.
False Positives
A "false positive" is when anti-virus quarantines an application declaring it a virus when it is not. In fact the truth is in most cases that the anti-virus hasn't got a clue at all and the excuse used is usually "Reputation". In fact that bogus excuse has been used so match that there is now a virus definition called "Reputation". But what is really means is that they have never tested the application in question at all.
The Solution
If a new app cannot be whitelisted, that means the AV software is rubbish, so uninstall it and get on with your life.
Windows Defender
Windows Defender is a free AV solution provided by Microsoft, and who better knows about Windows and security? It will run silently in the background and update virus patterns when you get your Windows updates.
So know that you know about Windows Defender, why bother with scam software?
