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Can I fool Windows into thinking a virus scanner is installed?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20262164 views
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I'm trying to allow programmatic access to Outlook without getting an annoying popup. This is configurable under Tools -> Trust Center, however my outlook warns Which is true because I don't have any antivirus software, nor do I want any thank you very much Microsoft. My question is is there some s…

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Antivirus Status: Invalid.

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Fix for: Can I fool Windows into thinking a virus scanner is installed?

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ClamAV is very lightweight and very free, though I'm not sure it will satisfy MS's security center requirements. Give it a try though, I have yet to see an AV lighter than Clam, and the price is certainly right. edit: link - http://www.clamav.net/

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