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Antivirus software
Raised as a usability problem by 21 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2010–2024), in 21 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Antivirus scans make the computer bog downUnreviewed
20102026- Poorly configured scanners make computers extremely slow for developers2024-10-25
- Antivirus scans make the computer bog down and run slowly2024-01-02
- Installed anti-virus software makes laptops virtually unusable2023-04-10
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 22 complaints
- Poorly configured scanners make computers extremely slow for developers2024-10-25
- Legitimate small utilities get silently deleted and alarming warnings appear for admins and developers2024-07-28
- Antivirus scans make the computer bog down and run slowly2024-01-02
- Phone is so slow that the relative can barely use it at all2023-06-29
- Installed anti-virus software makes laptops virtually unusable2023-04-10
- Removing a site from security vendors' blocklists is hard; forms are hard to find and one showed errors for weeks2023-04-02
- Vendors' false-positive reporting methods are inconsistent, some missing, and Microsoft's upload failed2020-03-11
- Antivirus tools slow machines to a crawl and break dev tools and file access2019-10-22
- Installing multiple antivirus scanners together makes the PC nearly unusable2019-08-18
- Install screens trick users into installing extra software and certificates without explanation2019-07-28
- Alerts about trivial items like tracking cookies look like real threats2018-01-24
- AV slows the SQL Server so much the system becomes unusable2017-07-12
- Antivirus locks newly created files, so programs fail when writing to them2017-05-08
- Uninstallers take very long or fail with vague errors, forcing manual deletion of files2017-01-26
- Keeps pushing a for-pay upgrade on a user who keeps declining it2016-12-06
- Users are told they're unprotected unless they subscribe, and aren't told removing the preinstalled product suffices2016-11-16
- Legitimate sites and software break, and users can't tell the antivirus caused it2016-11-11
- Anti-virus software eats half the CPU, making the laptop slow to use2016-11-11
- Annoying popups get dismissed reflexively, so users miss real alerts2016-07-07
- Confusing prompt led mother to accept paid upgrade by accident and not cancel2016-05-23
- Scary warnings and renewal pressure aimed at easily frightened users, and warnings come too late2014-12-08
- UI becomes bloated and slow over time, so users switch products2010-06-13