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Istof on July 13, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wikileaks Global Intelligence File Dump Contained ...

Would you rather have a slow virus scanner or a computer that is constantly slowed down by a virus scanner that is not always needed?

eli on July 14, 2015 | [–]

Pretty much every virus scanner since the dawn of viruses can be set to only scan on-demand.

bmir-alum-007 on July 14, 2015 | [–]

Virustotal doesn't run locally, there's zero client impact!

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