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[-] Vince@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

Is this considered a bad thing? I mean I haven't had a computer virus in a decade, so it seems to be working.

[-] onion@feddit.de 35 points 5 months ago

I'm no expert, but your browsers security features and windows defender probably play a role too

[-] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

MS thinks the new Teams is a virus. In Edge it asks if you're sure you want to keep the download, it could be harmful.

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de -1 points 5 months ago

Edge has no way to find out that the random .exe you just downloaded is Microsoft Teams and has not been tampered with. It would be reckless to not warn the user about downloading files from the web.

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It's not inherently bad, at least from the user's perspective, but Windows Defender will make you click "more info" or something before giving you the "run anyways" button since it thinks it's a risk. I've never gotten a virus doing this, though

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

On MacOs it's so stupid. Instead of double-clicking on the new program to open it, you need to right-click and hit "Open" from the drop down menu. Only then does it even give you the option to open the program anyway.

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago

Wait, right-click? I thought Apple mice had only one button.

[-] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I think it's command + click if the second button isn't enabled. It's one "button", but clicks on left and right sides.

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Because viruses fake a licence so they don't get detected that easily. Which means the extremely expensive license you have to buy from Microsoft is useless for actual security.

[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 17 points 5 months ago

What if your OS was the virus all along

[-] WormFood@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

I too enjoy having to get Microsoft's permission to execute a program that I wrote

[-] adrian783@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

to be fair you're a terrible programmer

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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