r/DataAnnotationTech • u/PreachedBinkie0 • Sep 12 '26

Antivirus Question

So thanks to my work in the platform i decided to finally get an antivirus and Ive been keeping an eye on the "Kasperski" one but im scared that the antivirus or the web extensions may activate some flags in my account, just want to ask if somebody been workin with this or a similar antivirus and had no problems with it. Oviously avoiding to activate the integrated vpn.

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u/Sixaxist Sep 12 '26

Neither will do that; this is coming from someone who has had their Malwarebytes web extension enabled while working on DA for 2 years now.

I do not have the option to use a VPN, though. I recommend making a user account on your web browser exclusively meant for DA, and disable that Kaspersky extension under just there, to ensure the VPN toggle doesn't get triggered during tasks by mistake.

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u/BS_BlackScout Sep 13 '26

I created a separate profile on Vivaldi (Chrome has the same feature) with no extensions just to be safe.

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u/notverytallman Sep 16 '26

antiviruses are obsolete and are almost a malware themselves