Windows Defender Antivirus comes to macOS as Microsoft Defender ATP

[mr moose]

2 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

ummmm

umm what?  I was referring to defender.

 

EDIT: that is to say, most reviews only put defender a half step behind the main stream AV's because...

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

@mr moose oh you were? sorry, i misunderstood. 

[captain_to_fire]

3 minutes ago, mr moose said:

umm what?  I was referring to defender.

 

EDIT: that is to say, most reviews only put defender a half step behind the main stream AV's because...

I think you can schedule scans with Windows Defender via gpedit.msc 

[mr moose]

Just now, captain_to_fire said:

I think you can schedule scans with Windows Defender via gpedit.msc 

I think the reviews I read might be just outside that feature, or that feature wasn't considered by the reviewer to be good enough to be considered a feature (i.e should just be a gui option).  Either way I didn't really think it mattered that much to the general message/outcome.

[YaBoiWill]

58 minutes ago, 2FA said:

And it's a damn shame because Kaspersky performs so well. They were infiltrated by the FSB, and when a senior security researcher at Kasperysky alerted either the NSA or CIA of it (I don't recall which), he was charged and convicted of treason.

Why many, if not all government computers had it wiped off them in several "western" countries. I say in quote as there were probs more that don't have the  Russians in their best buddies list. 

[Hellion]

1 hour ago, 79wjd said:

Good also attracts trash evidently.

In what example?

[TempestCatto]

Just now, Hellion said:

In what example?

Xbox Live and Halo

Minecraft

linustechtips.com (jk)

You name it.

[79wjd]

 

13 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

linustechtips.com

FTFY

[Guest]

This is probably going to be the least downloaded program ever

[Hellion]

35 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

Xbox Live and Halo

Minecraft

linustechtips.com (jk)

You name it.

Relating to this topic?

[TempestCatto]

37 minutes ago, Hellion said:

Relating to this topic?

Saw your comment out of context and couldn't help myself lol. Sorry.

[TempestCatto]

1 hour ago, 79wjd said:

 

FTFY

What does that mean?

[leadeater]

29 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

What does that mean?

Fixed that for you (FTFY), or I'm wrong and have no idea either.

[79wjd]

39 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

What does that mean?

 

10 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Fixed that for you (FTFY), or I'm wrong and have no idea either.

Not wrong.

 

The fix was removing the joke part. LTT is good but attracts plenty of trash.

[TempestCatto]

3 minutes ago, 79wjd said:

 

Not wrong.

 

The fix was removing the joke part. LTT is good but attracts plenty of trash.

You can't come in here with your Reddit slang and assume everyone will understand it. Give some clarification for those of us who live under a rock next time

[79wjd]

2 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

You can't come in here with your Reddit slang and assume everyone will understand it. Give some clarification for those of us who live under a rock next time

I thought it was pretty ubiquitous; TIL

[leadeater]

1 minute ago, 79wjd said:

I thought it was pretty ubiquitous; TIL

Just had to google TIL.... lol

[DrMacintosh]

Why would I install Windows defender when I could install MalwareBytes for the extremely rare occasion where I might need to scan a file? 

 

Also installing an adblocker kinda removes the need for an anti-virus if you use common sense. 

[mr moose]

26 minutes ago, 79wjd said:

I thought it was pretty ubiquitous; TIL

 

24 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Just had to google TIL.... lol

 

Today I am feeling young and hip, because I already new both and that sometimes people live under rocks. 

[Beskamir]

Really?! No adenosine triphosphate jokes or comments? I'm disappointed.

[captain_to_fire]

3 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

Why would I install Windows defender when I could install MalwareBytes for the extremely rare occasion where I might need to scan a file? 

 

Also installing an adblocker kinda removes the need for an anti-virus if you use common sense. 

It’s not for the consumer, it’s for enterprises with mixed workstations of PC and Mac. Instead of buying two separate endpoint security solutions for PC and Mac, it’ll be just one. https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2019/03/21/microsoft-defender-atp-for-mac-new-threat-and-vulnerability-management-capabilities/ 

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, captain_to_fire said:

it’s for enterprises with mixed workstations of PC and Mac.

Where do those exist? Mac in enterprise is pretty dead. 

[mr moose]

2 minutes ago, captain_to_fire said:

It’s not for the consumer, it’s for enterprises with mixed workstations of PC and Mac. Instead of buying two separate endpoint security solutions for PC and Max, it’ll be just one. https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2019/03/21/microsoft-defender-atp-for-mac-new-threat-and-vulnerability-management-capabilities/ 

But we all know scanning with malwarebytes extremely rarely and using an ad blocker is just as safe as using something like defender.

[DrMacintosh]

1 minute ago, mr moose said:

But we all know scanning with malwarebytes extremely rarely and using an ad blocker is just as safe as using something like defender.

For the average consumer it is. Most Mac owners never install an antivirus at all and the topic didn’t state it was an enterprise solution.

 

If it did, I glanced over it. 

[captain_to_fire]

4 minutes ago, DrMacintosh said:

Where do those exist? Mac in enterprise is pretty dead. 

Hospitals, schools, small businesses, etc...many of which use Macs or mixed workstations: Macs + a Windows file server. I’m sure @leadeater can think of something similar.