• Vince@lemmy.world
    583·
    6 months ago

    Is this considered a bad thing? I mean I haven’t had a computer virus in a decade, so it seems to be working.

    • onion@feddit.de
      35·
      6 months ago

      I’m no expert, but your browsers security features and windows defender probably play a role too

      • Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world
        41·
        6 months ago

        MS thinks the new Teams is a virus. In Edge it asks if you’re sure you want to keep the download, it could be harmful.

        • bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
          01·
          6 months ago

          Edge has no way to find out that the random .exe you just downloaded is Microsoft Teams and has not been tampered with. It would be reckless to not warn the user about downloading files from the web.

    • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      6 months ago

      It’s not inherently bad, at least from the user’s perspective, but Windows Defender will make you click “more info” or something before giving you the “run anyways” button since it thinks it’s a risk. I’ve never gotten a virus doing this, though

      • Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world
        121·
        6 months ago

        On MacOs it’s so stupid. Instead of double-clicking on the new program to open it, you need to right-click and hit “Open” from the drop down menu. Only then does it even give you the option to open the program anyway.

      • Johanno@feddit.de
        2·
        6 months ago

        Because viruses fake a licence so they don’t get detected that easily. Which means the extremely expensive license you have to buy from Microsoft is useless for actual security.

    • WormFood@lemmy.world
      192·
      6 months ago

      I too enjoy having to get Microsoft’s permission to execute a program that I wrote