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me too,
4 pc's 1 tablet 1 laptop only Windows defender and firewall for years now.
lot's of B-U.
Jeff
me too,
4 pc's 1 tablet 1 laptop only Windows defender and firewall for years now.
lot's of B-U.
Jeff
What complete crap. What you are saying is like having unprotected sex eg you obviously can avoid high risk persons, but that does not mean even a person you would are pretty sure is ok, is actually ok!
Modern av packages put so little demand on resources, and are very effective.
The only valid point you make is regular backups, but even then you still have risk of backing up a lurking virus.
Anybody who follows this user's idiotic advice deserves to 'get infected'!
Defender is just basic protection. It's not as good as MSE once was. It ends up last all the time in various tests. Malwarebytes I have the lifetime version. Cost me just €24. I use it with Avira free.
I'd never rely on MS Defender. I feel much safer using a third party AV software. Resources are not an issue, my pc is powerful enough to deal with the extra load. Of course there is no absolute safety and I backup my data and the system frequently so in case of an infection I could always restore my system and data but if the AV software helps to keep my system clean it's worth it's price for me.
Surprised at all the comments that Windows Defender isn't good enough to be used by itself...As i previously mentioned, it detected when i did get a few rather serious trojans and other viruses that i have encountered since i installed Windows 10 last year. It did a great job of destroying and isolating them and trashing them from the system...It's the only protection i am using, and my system is smooth and clean with no problems at all...
I think Defender is is being seriously underrated and under appreciated...Based on my experience, i think it's a LOT better then some of you here think...
Has anyone else , other than @Brink and I, run the Windows Defender Offline scan(available since 1511(November Update))?
Windows Defender Offline Scan in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
Windows Defender Offline Scan shortcut - Create in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
I haven't paid for AV software in 15 years + and my PC and laptop are both fine.
every now and then I do a online scan with one of the big names just as a check and never anything.
you really have to be incredibly silly and use dodgy sites or software to get anything.
Common sense is also a big help.
Most of the Av company's use scare tactics to get you to buy there software, it really is blown out of all proportion