Should I be worried?

Narj said:
Almost everything will run under proton now when you install Steam. It's definitely an option - Steam Deck has really accelerated things in recent years. Just have to check the list: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/679B-EC53-5A6D-6D7D

It won't be suitable for everyone depending on what apps you're using.

My laptop runs Ubuntu and I play Steam games on it fine.
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Shall have a look nearer the time.
Got a year or so yet. And who knows. MS may need to extend support.
 
Haze said:
OP still thinks it 1990 something, and has never heard of Windows defender
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I'm fully protected :D
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Feek said:
What on earth are you doing to get 'loads of stuff'? :eek:
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More annoyance ware than malware but I did find some dodgy stuff on a windows approved reseller laptop that I bought once.
I don't do anything dodgy tbh now like illegal downloading (downloaded the odd patch back in the day to get copy's working)
 
Sankari said:
It's a horrible piece of clunky software that you don't even need, for which you're paying an exorbitant price. It's OK for malware removal, but it sucks at real time protection,
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I haven't noticed it being "clunky" but i agree that their pricing for their personal solution is high although they do occasionally offer decent discounts on it.

Sankari said:
so all it'll take to ruin your day is one naughty script that the software can't even recognise.
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It would be a bit more than that but sure, although it's arguably the same for any other product and/or solution. It still doesn't negate the fact that built-in solutions, Defender, Gatekeeper etc, are usually the first to be bypassed during any infection though.

As always, each to their own :)
 
413x said:
I may just bin it off. The entire PC would need to be ungraded. No way I'm spending 1000-2000 on something I use every now and again.

So wasteful with 1000s of pcs becoming unsupported.

69 a year is probably better than scrapping. Will have to weigh up the best solution.
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Out of interest, Windows 10 LTSC IoT (Internet of Things) will be supported until Jan 13th 2032.

Obviously I'm not suggesting that you should install this and run a readily available script to permanently activate it on your hardware, as this would be in breach of Microsoft's EULA.
 
I use windows defender on my laptop but I do have AVG on my desktop free version. Are we saying there is absolutely no need for avg or any other free software any more. AVG did block a website a few months ago as it said it was infected and no it wasn't a porn site.
 
Memory Integrity has always been off for myself and many others as gamers since previously it was shown to impact gaming performance - It's not something that will impact overall security either, and vulnerable driver blocklist can false-positive certain power user apps like HWINFO64 etc as they use their own bespoke driver framework so that is also off.

Everything else is on. For 99% of home users these things don't matter, but for gamers/power users, these two can be turned off.
 
mrk said:
Memory Integrity has always been off for myself and many others as gamers since previously it was shown to impact gaming performance - It's not something that will impact overall security either, and vulnerable driver blocklist can false-positive certain power user apps like HWINFO64 etc as they use their own bespoke driver framework so that is also off.

Everything else is on. For 99% of home users these things don't matter, but for gamers/power users, these two can be turned off.
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Cheers. I do do a lot of video editing nothing professional so I will see how it goes with it turned on.
 
Well I've learned something here. I use bit defender but it seems I don't need it anymore.

That said I use pihole at home to block ads and other bits so sounds like that and windows defender will be enough.
 
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