Russia state-aligned threat actors target Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.
  • semEnglish
    2·
    17 天前

    Out of curiosity why remove defender, and what do you replace it with?

    • Steven McTowelie@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      16 天前

      I remove defender on my installs as it’s resource heavy and it doesn’t provide me any additional security that I require. I don’t download any software to the PC aside from the run-of-the-mill apps, so I don’t need Defender constantly scanning my system and files.

      I don’t replace the anti-virus with anything. You can use the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) to scan files if needed but I haven’t needed it yet. For a firewall I use Simplewall, which is a fantastic lightweight FOSS app I recommend to everyone

      • semEnglish
        1·
        16 天前

        Sounds dangerous to me but I guess I have a different threat model because I install random things all the time :/