I just got this popup while playing New vegas. I don’t even use chrome, i’ve switched to firefox. How can this be allowed? Also, this is Win10

  • IDew@lemm.eeEnglish
    104·
    11 months ago

    The audacity to even ask! I ain’t even bothered by installing genuine versions of Windows anymore. All I’ll ever run is AME Windows. It’s basically Microsoft Windows but without Microsoft services. They recently changed a lot as they went from distributing ISO files to playbooks. You should definately check it out! https://ameliorated.io/

    • thethirdobject@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      11 months ago

      I don’t use windows but I was curious and checked out the website, their proposition looks really interesting

      • IDew@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        11 months ago

        Right? I’ve loved ever since they starting debloating ISOs and currently am on their last released ISO. Now though, with playbooks, it’s a bit more manual and also legal. Despite being in beta, it already looks and works quote well!

    • Heavybell@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      I’ve been curious about this, but I am unsure what to use in place of Defender.

      • IDew@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        In mind of the developer it’s about using your brain rather than relying on a anti-virus. Basically you don’t want to download shady stuff or cracks with no verification or testing, and never open a pdf that came in the mail. But yeah, just me on my own I guess.

        • Heavybell@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          There was a time when I thought like you. I had no AV until Defender became a thing, and was fine. But these days I keep hearing about more and more exploits targeting your browser, or libraries in the OS that your image viewer might be using, etc etc.