So i downloaded Brave on windows 10 a few months ago and i remember that it was pretty easy without any hiccups but last week when i tried to download librewolf a message poped up saying that it may be harmful for your computer even tho i downloaded it from the official source

Is it just me or is microsoft getting more and more desperate to collect our data?

*Edit: Sorry it wasn’t bitdefender it was something like Antimalware service executable or something like that which i think is a microsoft product

  • oleorun
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    101 month ago

    It’s a known false positive. I can’t speculate as to why it still hasn’t been fixed but your suspicion might be correct. Who knows.

  • TXL
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    101 month ago

    Brave is a series scam company.

  • Faceman🇦🇺
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    81 month ago

    don’t use Brave.

    Yes its a decent piece of software made by some properly smart industry experts but I have zero faith in them on a personal trust level. The CEO (despite his amazing resume and past accomplishments) is an arsehole, a bigot, a crypto-scammer and a science denier.

    • lost_faith
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      21 month ago

      I switched to BD when the russian attacks on Ukraine started again, was using Kaspersky before, system runs like a dream. A friend was having difficulties with his pc, he was using nortons, I suggested he try BD. We cleaned his system, so much virus and malware, and he has had no slowdowns since. I recommend it, along with something that can still use ubo and privacy badger.

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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        11 month ago

        I just got a windows again and I put it on right away and some friend were telling me windows defender was good enough but I just don’t trust it.

        • lost_faith
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          21 month ago

          Me either, trust is a hard thing with any of these companies, especially one that has proven it is untrustworthy. Source: Been using windows since it was an application masquerading as an operating system, read win 3.11. Almost done with em tho, almost

            • lost_faith
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              21 month ago

              Headin back to linux (kubuntu this time) after about 12yrs, forgot sooooo much.

  • Autonomous User
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    1 month ago

    Bitdefender fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software, very dangerous. I would fix this before your web browser or any other app.