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Windows 10 doesn't need antivirus software!? Really!?



 
 
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Old December 6th 15, 01:39 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mike Swift
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Default Windows 10 doesn't need antivirus software!? Really!?

In article , Cy Burnot
writes
"How can I fix Avast Antivirus if it stops working after a Windows 10
upgrade?

"Only Avast Antivirus 2015 R2 and R3 are compatible with Windows 10. You
may need to reinstall the Avast software to restore your protection. Please
see Installing Avast Antivirus 2015 on Windows 10 for detailed steps.

"Users with Premium Avast Antivirus products may need to insert the
license again after re-installing the software."


As a Barclays bank customer I get a three unit licence for Kaspersky
Internet Security, never had a problem with it and it just carried on
working after the 10 upgrade.

Mike

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Old December 6th 15, 03:49 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default Windows 10 doesn't need antivirus software!? Really!?

On 2015-12-05 7:23 AM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

Note that that is spelled "Microsoft Security Essentials." And since
Windows 8, it is called Windows Defender,


Thanks for the explanation. In my PC farm I have a Win7 machine running
"Microsoft Security Essentials." I set up sharing on C: drive on my
Win10 machine. Thus I can run MSE over Ethernet. What you say means, to
do so, is a redundant.

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Old December 6th 15, 03:50 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Norm X
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Default Windows 10 doesn't need antivirus software!? Really!?

On 2015-12-05 7:23 AM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

Note that that is spelled "Microsoft Security Essentials." And since
Windows 8, it is called Windows Defender,


Thanks for the explanation. In my PC farm I have a Win7 machine running
"Microsoft Security Essentials." I set up sharing on C: drive on my
Win10 machine. Thus I can run MSE over Ethernet. What you say means, to
do so, is a redundant.

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Old December 6th 15, 11:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
edevils
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Default Windows 10 doesn't need antivirus software!? Really!?

On 05/12/2015 22:09, Paul wrote:
Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
A guy we know updated his computer to Windows 10 and found that his
antivirus software (don't know which) no longer worked. He mentioned
it to the guy he knows that is the IT guru at a local college. IT guy
says, "With Windows 10 you don't need antivirus software"!!

Perce


The Win7 to Win10 Upgrade process, has no intention
of precisely preserving user programs. Any program
with low level hooks (a DLL that gives direct access
to hardware), those things can be removed. I would
be shocked, if any modern AV program, could survive
such an attack.


And, looks like the same happens with major Windows 10 updates, like the
November update


Older OS installation procedures, use Upgrade Advisor,
and give a list of programs not considered to be
compatible. That would give a user a chance to say,
remove their AV program, use the special AV cleanup EXE
from the AV supplier site. That's the polite way to
do an upgrade. Then after the Upgrade is completed,
a fresh copy of the AV can be installed by the user.


Amen to that!

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Old December 7th 15, 12:29 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Brian Gregory
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Default Windows 10 doesn't need antivirus software!? Really!?

On 06/12/2015 02:50, Norm X wrote:
On 2015-12-05 7:23 AM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

Note that that is spelled "Microsoft Security Essentials." And since
Windows 8, it is called Windows Defender,


Thanks for the explanation. In my PC farm I have a Win7 machine running
"Microsoft Security Essentials." I set up sharing on C: drive on my
Win10 machine. Thus I can run MSE over Ethernet. What you say means, to
do so, is a redundant.


You wouldn't be getting real time protection over the network and
scanning would probably be less effective too since it'd be easier for
nasty stuff to hide itself. Boot sector scan etc. wouldn't be possible
over the network.

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