Lol generally I'll refer to the OS builtin tooling (XProtect/MS Defender) and EDRs as "Antivirus" otherwise the non-techies will freak OmG wE hAVe NO aV! And then the "anti"-viruses like mcafee and Kaspersky mysteriously spawns

And also on-demand AV software can be good for spot checks or if you're sus of something.

It's the "Real-time" shit that hooks into the kernel that needs to be avoided like the plague

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Lock down their accounts so they can't even install shit.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

When i was a windows person many moons ago i ran into viruses once or twice. Kaspersky was the only av in those days that effectively cleaned them from my system.

Now i am a linux dude. Where there doesnt really seem to be an effective antivirus solution because, even though malware exists, it's so fucking sophisticated and stealthy you may never know it.