[sneak]

In addition, Windows also quarantines and deletes innocuous Windows activation crack tools that contain no malware whatsoever, but can be used to activate Windows independently of Microsoft.

It's really amazing the attitude Microsoft takes regarding hardware that isn't theirs, including the nonconsensual forced autoupdate.

[jeroenhd]

That's not just a Windows feature, though. My experience with _every other antivirus_ has always been that anything related to cracking or keygens is flagged as a virus.

In my opinion, Windows Defender is still the best antivirus software for consumers. That's not a compliment to Windows Defender, that's an insult to antivirus companies all over the world.

[tomc1985]

I'm pretty happy with ESET NOD32

[gogopuppygogo]

I was under the impression that with Windows 10 we shifted to the product being the users data. The customers are now advertisers.

[eurasiantiger]

From what I’ve understood, that is a correct impression.

[aardvarkr]

Oh no, they’re making the world safer by encouraging the adoption of the latest security patches and bug fixes? And giving away best-in-class security software that you can disable at any time? How evil. You must really have loved the days of Norton Antivirus.

[dexterhaslem]

you may have misread the parent comment? it is deleting things completely unrelated to malware