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 The "antivirus war" and my attitude about it, gets "refreshed" by my youtube addiction. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBVBLTuLejg|The Niko perspective on virus search]] tools and techniques is an example. Why? Niko reminded me about [[https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload|VirusTotal]] and how it is integrated with two [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/|Sysinternals.com]] tools. The [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer|procexp]] and [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns|autoruns64]] tools can be very useful for answering the question… "Does my computer have a virus?". The keys to the Niko methods are understanding the value of [[https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload|VirusTotal]], being connected to the internet and enabling the [[https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload|VirusTotal]] features of [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer|procexp ]]and [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns|autoruns64]]. The tools and techniques are not "the perfect solution", but learning to use them while understanding their purpose will build your confidence that your computer is NOT infected.
-Today is April 16, 2023. When I asked Bard about Windows anti-virus it referenced [[https://www.av-comparatives.org/|av-comparatives.org]]. Hmmmm… [[https://www.av-comparatives.org/|av-comparatives]] appears to be good "stuff". [[https://www.av-test.org/en/|av-test.org]] is another organization that does anti-virus test. I think I like both of them. Both sites imply that free antivirus tools are often "good enough". If you read the sites and come to a different conclusion, please add a comment to this page.
+April 16, 2023:  When I asked Bard(later known as Gemini) about Windows anti-virus it referenced [[https://www.av-comparatives.org/|av-comparatives.org]]. Hmmmm… [[https://www.av-comparatives.org/|av-comparatives]] appears to be good "stuff". [[https://www.av-test.org/en/|av-test.org]] is another organization that does anti-virus test. I think I like both of them. Both sites imply that free antivirus tools are often "good enough". If you read the sites and come to a different conclusion, please add a comment to this page.
 The past couple of years, Windows Defender has been adequate as an anti-virus tool in the home environment. In the Help Center we do see client computers with other flavors of Anti-Virus and firewalls. Most of the time we encourage the removal of //**not-free**//  anti-virus or firewall tools. Why? We prefer free. Windows Defender is free and it works.