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I use Webroot, lets my computers run as fast as they can. I have had it on three computers for 4 years with no infections. 2 comps now, I just blew up one of the motherboards in my Gateway. I had Kaspersky and Norton before, too heavy, slowed me down. My first anti virus was Mcafee. I was hacked and attacked, lost over 3000 photos, Mcafee did nothing to stop it. Microsoft fixed my computer for free, that was nice. I buy Webroot each year on Amazon, 3pc's protection for 20 bucks. Look at the reviews other people give it too.
That's a good tip for Defender - why isn't this option shown on the standard Defender menus?
I used to use Kaspersky antivirus which seemed fine but I've now reverted to Defender plus on demand scanning from Adwcleaner & Malwarebytre Free since my bank no longer offers a free Kaspersky licence.
I don't know, I'd have thought it should be available to all. All their documentation shows that Microsoft designed it to be used in the Enterprise environment. But, as I report in post #19 of that tutorial, my testing show it works equally well in all editions including Home.
If it was not for TenForums and the excellent tutorials I wouldn't have known about it either.
To those who wish to use the latest free version of MBAM.
Install the paid for version which gives a free trial period.....this conflicts with Defender, as it is a fully blown AV suite.
Click on Settings, then My Account.....scroll down to Manage My Subscription and deactivate....you are then on latest free version.....this does not conflict
I use Malwarebytes and MSE both active on Windows 7 without problems.
On my Windows 10 I use Defender and Malwarebytes both active at the same time without problems.
A little information from a Non-Malware site.
How to Run Malwarebytes Alongside Another Antivirus
A little something from Malwarebytes.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/pdf/rev...tingReport.pdf
Jack
You may not need to reinstall it though if you have Fall Creators Update. I used to use Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), but that has now reached end of support. The same exploit protections are now built in to 1709's Defender for all editions including Home.
Change Windows Defender Exploit Protection Settings in Windows 10