Microsoft Defender Flags Tor Browser as a Trojan and Removes It from the System : hackernews

[-] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

So Windows detects one of the most secure browsers ever as a virus, yet ships with the most insecure spyware modern browser that it doesn’t let you delete? Something isn’t adding up here. What is it detecting anyway?

[-] foksmash@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

It's likely due to business rules. We block Tor and all the privacy browsers at work.

[-] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I guess it kind of makes sense, however, wouldn’t it make more sense to just have these restrictions on just Enterprise versions? To have settings made for corporations in home/pro editions further shows Microsoft’s laziness. Thank you foksmash for your insight though, I am not familiar with a setting like yours.

[-] foksmash@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Your idea is quite logical. That said, I think businesses are their primary target so that could influence such decisions. I'm really just guessing since I don't work there but I can understand their reasoning if that were the case.

[-] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Well I liked your inference, it is very coherent. It is probably the case.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

Malware Bytes keeps doing this for Cheat Engine.

If I mod an offline game for my enjoyment that's my fucking business

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

In defense of malware bytes, CE is notoriously shady

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

First I'm hearing of this

[-] 30p87@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Not more than third party AVs

[-] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

If you're not sure who to trust, the 32-bit version of tor browser doesn't get flagged right now

[+] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city -7 points 10 months ago

This is crazy, but yet another reason to use Brave as a Tor browser actually, at least as a backup

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Not recommended

[-] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 0 points 10 months ago

Fair enough. I only use it as a backup Tor browser.

At the very least it's a great way to get the Tor browser if your internet is censored like the Christian college I went to was.

[-] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

That is fair, I guess it really depends on the end goal, but they are different in what they hide and how reliable they are from an open source perspective.

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