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VLC is Wrongly Blamed for Microsoft Defender's Clumsiness (feed.itsfoss.com)
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[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

They’ve been doing this shit for years. Windows 3 had the AARD code, windows 9x would throw fake bluescreens if QuickTime was installed, and so on and so on.

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