The danger of ignoring alerts

[Guest]

Something that cropped up in 'announcements' made me more aware of the
seriousness of the 'false alert' problem - in a way I hadn't appreciated
before.

Every startup, Defender throws up a bubble to tell me there was a
registration application change. I ignore it, because I know it was made by
Defender, and it's reporting one of its own actions. This happens day after
day after day. I just click off the button without further thought. I know
it's pointless, but also harmless.

Now let's suppose I get a malware infection that really DOES make a change
to Defender. Up comes the bubble at startup. I click it off without further
thought.... Oh dear. Oh dear me.

Don't these insignificant alerts about Defender's own actions potentially
cripple the security value of alerts in general?

 

[Robin]

you just need to be more aware of what is going on but you know maybe WD
should beep when it is really malware/spyware not just a check on itself.
I tend to look at the bubble even if it is bad or good- just my defenses
that go up all the time
robin