the strange thing is i downloaded it on two computers and the first one installed fine and the second one flagged it as a trojan, both running windows 10 latest update

hm

just ran 2 full scans and found it on the other computer

a good resource for checking websites before you download stuff: https://www.mywot.com/

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Ive scanned it before with malware bytes and i havent got any sorta trojan things before, it could be a false positive or it could be that it was super undetectable on my computer somehow

Bitmask helper is open source tho

https://github.com/leapcode/bitmask-dev/blob/master/src/leap/bitmask/vpn/helpers/osx/bitmask-helper

It probably detects a false positive because it runs some commands as root

Could be a not false positive tho cus i dont see anyone having done a code audit here

A tiny part of me has always suspected Microsoft of intentionally setting up false positives on software that they don't want you snooping around with

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they do

i dont trust microsoft in general

r&d in israel

w10 bloatware

should i stay on w7

stay off windows

ok what should i do with my new ssd

if not windows

i dont like microshit but windows is just what im familiar with

gentoo

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qubes os

if ur familliar with windows

can i still play games on it <:apusalt:673419498354638873>

no

chess works

i will consider it

I used to run Ubuntu with Winedoors for gaming

I don't know if Ubuntu is even a relevant build anymore

Debian is the most supported distro outside of ubuntu im fairly sure

And theyre both very similar

I had Mint on slower devices

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what's a good vpn

preferably of the free variety

the one the cia offers

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protonvpn
free and premium options
located in Switzerland
*cooperative member of the eyes alliance but Switzerland is pretty privacy-friendly I think*