![]() ![]() ![]() There are other cases of third-party AV creating security vulnerabilities on people's systems. Of course the users blame Microsoft because it appeared to be a Windows update, but the underlying cause was AV. There are other stories of third-party AV causing systems to be unbootable after an Windows update was installed because they were hooked into the OS in a way that Microsoft didn't recommend or support, and when the Windows update changed something, that hook broke and took the whole system down with it. The really aggravating part of this is that third-party AV shouldn't be doing anything with Windows updates at all because Windows itself performs a signature check and won't install updates that aren't valid, so third-party AV wasn't adding any value to begin with, and now they're causing users not to be able to receive Windows updates! Link: Microsoft also just started blocking systems that have Norton and Symantec products installed from receiving Windows updates because it turns out Symantec and Norton products now interfere with those updates after a change Microsoft made to how updates are signed. Even if Norton turns out not to be responsible, I would consider leaving it off your system because third-party anti-virus applications can often be much more trouble than they're worth, and Windows Defender has gotten quite a bit better over the last few years, now comparing very well in malware detection in independent tests - and it's free. ![]()
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