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Comment by skocznymroczny

Most antivirus software feels sketchy in general (snake oil).

The only antivirus I run at the moment is Windows Defender. For me the main reason is that Microsoft actually benefits from a virus free system because it improves Windows as a platform. Antivirus software vendors benefit from viruses spreading around because it improves sales of their products.

Also Windows Defender is fairly non-intrusive, it doesn't advertise a sketchy VPN, a sketchy adblock, a sketchy torrent or any other tool that usually anti-virus vendors try to bundle together.

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