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