[GTALUG] Microsoft Brings Defender Antivirus for Linux, Coming Soon for Android and iOS

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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:24:03 -0500
Don Tai <dontai.canada at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you really need AV on linux? Last time i tried to hack any linux
> system with hacker software such as Metasploit I found Linux
> extremely robust, with very few vulnerabilities and exploits, all of
> which I could not get to work.
> I don't trust MS at all, and would not trust them enough to install
> this AV. Am I too suspicious?
> Don
> 
Nope, imho you are not suspicious enough...
and pe on Linux is very real, normal users do hectic things, like open
attachments from their email accounts, they visit websites allowing java 
and do all sorts of things some of us would not even think of doing.
So, they probably do need some sort of AV, as exploiting their user
accounts can probably be done by one of my children (having to actually
say children instead of "kids" is crazy by itself...//k1Ddi3S)
I am not a gambling person but I would bet dollars to doughnuts
that their AV is not going to be fully open source and free.
That said, I am a paranoid person - what I lack in gambling addiction I
fully make up for in paranoia.
So, yeah, no. Not suspicious enough, imnsho :)