Popular Antivirus Program IDs Windows as Threat, Creating Chaos

>>60068739
Top kek.
I think strictly, windows would be classified as malware. At the very least adware or spyware.

That's what they get for using third-party antimalware.

Use at most what the OS provider offers, along with good security practices and protocols.

>>60068739
>identified core parts of Microsoft Windows as threats
well they aren't wrong technically. Good on webroot, glad I use them

get fucked idiots

>>60068739
Ok, they made a mistake, and corrected it within a half hour according to their reports. Sounds like a good thing. Better they occasionally go overboard with the protection rather than occasionally letting an actual threat get through.

>>60068882
But the threat is already here anon windows, you should use linux instead.

>>60068939
GNU/Linux*

>>60068882
>rather than
These are not exclusive cases. A company which accidentally fucks with system files may or may not be competent when it comes to catching real threats. It's really unfounded to call this a "good thing." It made them no better at their stated goals while messing with a lot of customers' day.

>>60068939
I do for the most part, but still have Windows on a separate drive for games. I like having antivirus to scan the pirated stuff. Have found a few keyloggers among other things before installing (not that I type anything important into Windows any more other than gaming service logins.)

>>60068998
Right, but let's say those weren't really system files, but were actually malware. Customers would be bitching even more if they DIDN'T quarentine the files, so it was better to just quarentine them if they showed the same signs of bad behavior that they've been tracking for years now.

>>60068739
Windows is confirmed malware.
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html

>>60068998
but certain processes of windows can be definitively classified as malware.

>>60068739
>mistakenly identified core parts of Microsoft Windows as threats
>mistakenly

>>60069050
>let's say
A hypothetical exercise doesn't impact what happened in reality. Once you "let's say" yourself into a conclusion, all you're really doing is making up an excuse to say whatever you want.

You have no evidence that they're any better at catching threats now. I'm not saying they're any worse either. It's just that this didn't teach them anything about viruses or the like. Try thinking about this with an analogy, like if you were placed in a medical quarantine for a disease you didn't have. Then consider whether those doctors actually got any better at treating people who really do have the disease, or whether it just taught them that you were healthy.

>>60068939
>implying that Linux is useful

something happened

>>60069261
macfag detected

>>60068767
FUCK OFF FUCKING SHILL

>Webroot's own systems became "overloaded" by a mammoth backlog of customers' requests to restore affected files from its cloud servers
>restore affected files from its cloud servers
Wait so... all your files are uploaded to (((the cloud))) for safekeeping?

>>60070272
This is nothing new. AV providers upload the "infected" files ostensibly for analysis. That way they can learn about new variants out there and update their next round of definitions. It's not for safekeeping per se, but in this instance the customers enjoy the benefit of being able to pull back down the removed files.

>Popular Antivirus Program
>An antivirus service used by tens of thousands of businesses and millions of home users
>Webroot
literally who
fake crap to get free attention
that article is like a press release directly from the company itself

>>60068739
>The SKY is FALLING
>Population on SUICIDE WATCH
>ANTIVIRUS TECHNOLLOGICAL BUZZWORDDDDD

No kek could describe my kek right now

>>60070333
>not knowing webroot
kys

>>60068767
yeah, with windows 10 i ended up sticking with just the windows defender shit, even if it's not the best. if you don't run your computer as admin and act like a mong, then you don't have much to worry about.

https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/02/01/1334219/google-chrome-engineer-says-windows-defender-the-only-well-behaved-antivirus-cites-tons-of-empirical-data

>popular
>webroot

literally who

>>60070801
A company that has managed to stay in business long enough to sucker people into buying theory sorry products

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>>60069203
>mistakenly identified core parts of Microsoft Windows as threats
My fucking sides

>>60070794
>if you don't run your computer as admin and act like a mong, then you don't have much to worry about.
If only most of Windows users though like you.
But they don't. And they won't because too many Microsoft Partners have their business model based on user ignorance.
It says a lot when the AV industry makes a living on Windows' shortcomings.

>>60068739
Who the fuck uses Anti-virus?
If you don't know how to keep viruses off your computer without installing one of those even more resource-sucking antivirus programs you shouldn't even be on a computer.

>Webroot
>Popular

Only Reddit used that Antivirus. It is not even on the top 5.

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>>60068739
>mistakenly identified core parts of Microsoft Windows as threats
>mistakenly
No. The program worked as intended. Windows 10 itself is malicious software designed to mistreat the user. We've been over this before.

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>mistakenly

>>60068739
There is objectively no reason to use antivirus on a modern OS.

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>>60068739
>Untold number of computers

>Detecting Microsoft Windows as a threat

>Anonymous, but well-respected tech security Twitter account

>Customers useless without the cloud

Are blogs allowed on g now? And people are really pissed at a tech company because they're backlogged assisting shit? This is what you get for leaning on the cloud, they should know better than to be non-local.

>>60068987
nah you do not really want to run debian

never heard of webroot

>>60072660
>>60070801
>>60074442
Webroot ships with anything you get with Best Buy and officially advertises the (((Geek Squad)))

i.e. it roots your computer through the web. Webroot

>>60068739
they did nothing wrong.

>>60068739
It wasn't a false positive

>>60068739
>mistakenly
If it identified Windows as a virus it sounds like it's doing it's job.