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[–] 45 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

You're mostly safe if you have windows defender on and don't bypass it. Windows is shit in general but defender is pretty decent. Paranoid? So am I. Run any files through virus total or scan any directory manually with malwarebytes. Best you can do really.

Lastly, Linux and Mac can have viruses too especially if you use wine/crossover so caution there can be key

Edit:Linux and Mac not windows and mac

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    it's been awhile since I used Windows, but I distinctly remember cracks and certain pirate versions of software flagging antivirus software regularly and needing to be added as exceptions to bypass it

    some of the installers will require admin level access as well

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