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by tardo99 2471 days ago
Antivirus software is basically a scam.
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ironically it injects crap into your computer so that you cannot uninstall it fully, to prevent people from renewing the free trial.
Though the "hard to uninstall" part is exactly so that malware can't uninstall it easily.
Yeah, on Mac/Windows, I just install the free version of Malwarebytes and do a full scan occasionally...