Alternatively, no operating system needs a realtime antivirus, and they're actively harmful. It's fine to run a daily or weekly scan to deal with commodity malware, but otherwise they add no value.
The other day we were writing an exploit and defender popped up to block it. It was literally faster to bypass defender than to figure out how to disable it in the UI.
Linux is a hilarious security disaster but AV is not the solution.
The other day we were writing an exploit and defender popped up to block it. It was literally faster to bypass defender than to figure out how to disable it in the UI.
Linux is a hilarious security disaster but AV is not the solution.