easy solution, uninstall antivirus. I haven't had antivirus for ages except for windows defender and I end up disabling defender if I can anyway lol
On 5/20/18, Shaun Everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whatever, bgt I know was bad practice but what about the rest. > > that does make me wander how well coded any software app is. > > Then its just another unknown. > > No, antivirus software targets the blind because it does, I doubt I will > find the answer to the other question. > > I will have to add it to all the other things I found this month like > why does the reserved partition fill on a system with little use, or why > does the windows profile corrupt when I am not doing anything stupid or > alegal. > > All I know is that antivirus actually used to target viruses, now it > targets almost anything not certified by microsoft or something. > > > > > On 5/21/2018 12:00 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote: >> antivurs programs don't target the blind, wtf are you saying? >> You really have no idea >> it's bad coding practices they target, not blind people... >> >> On 5/20/18, Shaun Everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> True but antivirus programs target the blind and software with so many >>> exceptions that its going to be a miracle we find any virus at all. >>> >>> At any rate the folders likely to get any virus are cloud folders like >>> google, dropbox, etc, then your downloads folder. >>> >>> Sadly its not just bgt, its got to do with certification. >>> >>> Basically if it doesn't have a signature that says a company owns this >>> or microsoft says its ok its unknown and probably nasty. >>> >>> This is fine and usually you let through what it is. >>> >>> However, if its flagged a virus because its unknown, then as far as >>> microsoft says its a virus and then you exclude it and it goes away. >>> >>> In most cases, your head is probably more right than your security >>> software, if it doesn't look right or you get a voice telling you there >>> is something odd about something then its probably right and you should >>> avoid it. >>> >>> Bgt is known its why people are pulling away from it, its old tech now >>> and becides its not developed anymore. >>> >>> Sadly some older programs do the same thing. >>> >>> It also effects some screen readers. >>> >>> If you never played games, and or used anything bar microsoft stuff your >>> system will run fine. >>> >>> I have a lot of systems with java, itunes, ms programs, ccleaner, 7zip >>> and nvda as well as adobe programs. >>> >>> Most of these have certificates and or windows concidders them ok. >>> >>> Anything else. >>> >>> To be honest, much as I hate it to bits, I am going to have all my blind >>> software, from games to screen readers excluded because I don't trust >>> security software to leave my stuff alone. >>> >>> I will even have a different directory for downloads I know are ok if >>> windows thinks its bad. >>> >>> Sadly thats just the case for the blind. >>> >>> Some sighted get it bad to. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 5/20/2018 7:17 PM, Damien Garwood wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Right. But then what if you get a real virus in one of those folders? >>>> Basically, you're screwed. My motto: Never, ever, use, exceptions. >>>> They're probably the very reason, or at least one of them, why Windows >>>> 10 is 100% paranoid about security now. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Damien. >>>> >>>> On 19/05/2018 10:11 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: >>>>> I just told my virus scanner to ignore certain folders, and then all >>>>> bgt games and stuff works fine. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#119183): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/119183 View All Messages In Topic (77): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/topic/10785834 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/10785834/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers Contact Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
