Microsoft Defender that comes with Win 10 -- Good enough by itself?

Meeker Morgan said:

Microsoft Defender that comes with Win 10 -- Good enough by itself?

That is the question. Otherwise what is the best free option?

Thank you.

Defender's AV and firewall is pretty good. Unless you want to block Microsoft stuff, then it's useless.
Most folk use Defender and then Malwarebytes for that... 2nd opinion.

This question has been previously addressed at some length - feel free to find the thread(s) and review.

Meeker Morgan said:

Microsoft Defender that comes with Win 10 -- Good enough by itself?

Yes.


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Meeker Morgan said:

Very good.

Thank you.

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Configured Defender for most aggressive protection.
Added Malwarebytes Free (I was already using their Ad Ware cleaner) and it found a trojan.

Run what exactly?
Windows security [including Defender] should start with Windows.
Perhaps you mean you've created a Quick scan task? Or an update task?


Denis