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Accessible antivirus (self.Blind)
submitted 5.285979263117284y ago by pokersnek
I have a student who got a new computer. The OS is Windows 10 pro and it has Malwarebytes on it for adware. Does anyone know of a screen reader accessible antivirus program? I have personally used AVG in the past, but I’m not happy with how much of a system hog it has become. Also, I don’t know how accessible it is.
Amonwilde 3 points 5y ago
There are different schools of thought on this, but to be honest the utility of AV is at best marginal and at at worst a net negative. You may just want to uninstall your antivirus and do without the almost certainly false sense of security it provides.
not_a_lizard-person 2 points 5y ago
Ya, at my workplace, our agressive security department just told everyone to uninstall it. That Windows 10 virus protection stuff was good enough.
Note that we do have some amazing firewall protecting us from malicious emails. Idk if that was part of thier calculation.
Note that we do have some amazing firewall protecting us from malicious emails. Idk if that was part of thier calculation.
fastfinge 2 points 5y ago
Use Windows Defender. If she's using the latest version of NVDA, it will even work with the Controlled folder access feature. Just set the highest security settings possible in Windows Defender, and she'll be fine. The only thing you need to allow is apps outside of the Microsoft Store, so that the screen reader can run. If she can get buy with narrator, you don't even need to do that; just disallow all apps accept those from the Store.
pokersnek [OP] 1 points 5y ago
They use JAWS, so it should work similarly.
fastfinge 1 points 5y ago
No. Screen readers need to have made special changes to work with controlled folder access. You need to check to see that jaws has made these changes; I know NVDA has, I don't know about jaws off the top of my head.
bradley22 1 points 5y ago
I'd recommend vipre. You can try a 30 day trile and in my oppinion with the latest NVDA it is fully accessible. Here is a link: https://www.vipreantivirus.com/home-antivirus/advanced-security/download-now.aspx
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