Evil Malware Turns Antivirus Software Against Pcs
The entire point of antivirus software is to prevent malicious programs from compromising your system. But what happens when the malicious program in question can compromise your antivirus? For now, only AVG , Malwarebytes and Trend Micro have patches available on coming soon. You could also just use a Linux or macOS instead of Windows, although they’re not entirely invulnerable, either. Or you could disable your existing third-party antivirus software and rely on Windows Defender, although it doesn’t hold up well against zero-day malware....