Microsoft anti-malware for Linux

[uOpt]

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com...inux-desktops-with-microsoft-defender/4560822

What say you?

Useful product?

Or unneccessary additional attack surface?

 

[pendragon1]

defender is all i use.
this has been out for a bit though.
https://linuxvox.com/blog/windows-defender-for-linux/

 

[techie81]

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com...inux-desktops-with-microsoft-defender/4560822

What say you?

Useful product?

Or unneccessary additional attack surface?

Why would you install this? So Microsoft can collect analytics on you while you use a different OS? Hard pass.

 

[CrimsonKnight13]

Why would you install this? So Microsoft can collect analytics on you while you use a different OS? Hard pass.

They want to know what you're doing on the non-MS OS!

 

[Vermillion]

Unnecessary. Will never touch my systems or any work system I deal with.

 

[GoldenTiger]

If I ever switch to Linux, this is a must have. Absolutely a no brainer.

 

[CrimsonKnight13]

If I ever switch to Linux, this is a must have. Absolutely a no brainer.

No brainer, why?

 

[Mazzspeed]

Well thank fuck we have Defender for Linux, It'd probably be infinitely more useful if we could get MS Office for Linux. /s

Not that I'd use either, but it'd give the shills one less thing to complain about.

 

[kac77]

Well considering Microsoft is stealing as much Linux code as possible to basically rewrite Windows it makes sense.

 

[DogsofJune]

Is this so Malware can be introduced to Linux?

 

[4saken]

No.