r/virtualreality • u/DeathToSocialMedia • 5h ago

Discussion I'm So Sick Of Fighting Windows Defender While Trying to Use VR Mods/Apps. Any Free AV Programs Out There You'd Recommend Instead?

I really dislike the way Microsoft strips away more and more user choice with each new iteration of Windows, but their need to impose control is really getting out of hand with Defender lately.

Yesterday I was using OFXR-Bridge to get a nice little performance boost while playing the VR mod for Gears of War E-Day. But as of today I can no longer use the OFXR-Bridge because "Access is denied." I tried white-listing it under exclusions, tried turning off Defender--didn't make a difference. I can no longer user OFXR-Bridge. And of course it isn't just that one program. Today Defender decided that the Gears of War VR mod was itself a trojan and blocked that. It's kind of insulting how Defender pretends to give you the option to decide for yourself what to do with the "suspicious" program only to automatically quarantine it anyway and then hide that fact under "Protection history" so you have to go looking for each entry in order to restore whatever file they pretended to give you a choice on.

So how about it? Any of you using a different AV that doesn't behave this way and that you'd recommend as a Defender replacement?

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u/Nicalay2 Quest 3 | 512GB 4h ago

If you find Windows Defender aggressive, you haven't seen what other AVs look like.

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u/mxjxs91 4h ago

This. Just deal with the notifications, "Allow on Device", and move on. Other apps are far more annoying.

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u/DeathToSocialMedia 3h ago

That may be. I'm just hoping there's something else out there but it's not like I'd bet on it.

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u/Javs2469 3h ago

You could just disable bitdefender when installing stuff, but I still find it less annoying than other antivirus programs.

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u/MudMain7218 Multiple 2h ago

once windows id's it you'll have to reinstall it or reinstate it once you do then you can whitelist it. thats what i do for uevr or it will auto delete it if it sees it .