11-30-2025, 03:24 AM
Amen! I agree with you 100%. In fact, I already do something very similar. I have a folder called my projects and I have that excluded from the antivirus software. But you actually make a really good point, and I think that I am probably going to follow your lead and kill antivirus on my machines as well. I have a highly regimented and well-planned backup scheme so if anything ever did happen to me it really would be of no great consequence. Besides I have been using Windows since the mid 1980s and have never ever once had any sort of real virus or malware. The only alerts I have ever gotten from any antivirus software have every single time been false positives.
For me the issue is not much of a problem because as I said I simply have an exclusion in place. The problem is that I have my program up on GitHub and I just hate having to post a note saying "your antivirus software may claim that this program has malware but trust me it really doesn't". As distrusting as many people are today that would right away cause them to not want to touch my program.
Thanks for the feedback I do very much appreciate it.
For me the issue is not much of a problem because as I said I simply have an exclusion in place. The problem is that I have my program up on GitHub and I just hate having to post a note saying "your antivirus software may claim that this program has malware but trust me it really doesn't". As distrusting as many people are today that would right away cause them to not want to touch my program.
Thanks for the feedback I do very much appreciate it.