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[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you want to criticize windows for being shitty, you should have went with their certification system. You know that popup that shows up whenever you run an exe from an "unknown publisher"? Well viruses can (and do) get certification since all you have to do is send Macroshaft money, leaving you completely unprotected from actual threats. It's security theatre only there for fundraising purposes. Completely useless.

And no this isn't a case of "no oversight" there are cases where Windows Defender will let you run a program its own database knows is a virus. Even if they know your program is flat out malware, as long as you buy that certificate your program will forever be treated as legitimate.

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