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dncornholio
on March 7, 2022
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Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it
I haven't used an anti-virus in all of my 20+ years of computering. I've been hit with some minor infections (mostly from torrents, which I knew was not safe). But that's it.
Just do a reinstall of Windows every 2-3 months.
shaunpud
on March 7, 2022
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"thinking" meme; If I don't have antivirus, I won't be alerted to it.
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Just do a reinstall of Windows every 2-3 months.