Is Windows Defender Good Enough?

Is the built-in malware protection in Windows all you need?

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[bumbalaaa]

Not clicking the big green download button is the strongest antivirus you can have

[jprock]

As someone who's worked in jobs going to peoples homes, and cleaning malware and viruses that blew right by paid software, but was stopped dead in its tracks by Windows Security, I have no issues with Defender / Security. Yes, not everything is perfect, but I had to laugh when McAfee and Norton let stuff in that basically kept computers from working period.

[MLeoDaalder]

Idea for LTT Labs, get these recovery services and then willfully inject the unfortunate test machine and see if they can actually recover it.

[daelra]

+1 for Defender here. I spend a lot of my time prepping computers for users by removing the Antivirus junk from PCs. Chances are if computer is being slow, it's because the AV program is using up all the resources. Better to move as much AV/AM stuff to the router/firewall where possible and use something more lightweight on the PC itself. Always good to have a 2nd opinion though so I have a couple of basic scanners handy if someone thinks they may have slipped up. I send out a questionnaire to all our users every quarter reminding them of safe internet practices and so far, this has been by far and away, the cheapest, most effective way of keeping our systems clean.

[turbofanlover]

Windows Defender and common sense is all that most of us need. :) I stopped being ripped off by Norton products back in 2008. Never again.

[Bubi]

What I think is most important, is safe browsing and not falling for spam mails or running unknown programs... Windows Defender is a nice to have tho

[ak_hoops]

Defender actually works extremely well on it's own. Especially that it updates regularly for free, so long as your computer & OS are in support.
As a security professional, if it were up to me I'd use it across an entire enterprise for all supported OS types. Not just windows.

[rael_gc]

Windows Defender is in the sweet spot between detection and not being a pain in the ass.

[MxmPOV]

Windows Security doesn't need to inject into the OS, like other AV's do. This is the reason it's the most reasonable protection.

[Oldgamingfart]

Windows Defender + Malwarebytes has served me well over the past few years.

[axxdrian]

I remember being fine with MSE (Microsoft security essentials) during those Windows 7 days, after upgrading to 10, I've been using defender without any issues or major infections

[nebula]

Been using default Windows 10 security for a couple years now with no problems. I also practice what I would consider to be "common sense" and stay away from shady websites and sketchy downloads. Overall my Windows experience has been MUCH faster without a 3rd party antivirus software constantly taking up all my system resources.

[ZarBluestar]

Always turn on the browser setting to ask where to download file

You’ll see exactly what is being downloaded, and it gives you an opportunity to cancel malicious downloads before they even start (and of course, never follow through with a download that looks sketchy or one you didn’t initiate if a download starts on its own without you clicking a download button, it’s probably malware)

[justsurfin]

I am thinking it's safe to say Crowdstrike may be removed from that list..maybe. Provided it doesn't get sued out of existence

[Big_Computer]

I absolutely do think that most antivirus software now can be classified as virus. They are extremely invasive, hard to remove, come with tons of bloatware and unwanted "features", resource intensive etc.. that to me is called a virus

[HamsterHearthstone]

HP Wolf Security - "We did not even make it onto any of the top anti-virus comparison lists shown in this video, but please still use our product!" XD

[Nyuuasura]

0:50 McAfee listed with perfect score? Opinion discarded.

[Alltoc]

"Is Windows Defender Good Enough?" - sponsored by an anti malware software company. I see no conflict of interest here.
(the video is still good, but it is definitely a conflict of interest)

[vizdrom]

This is probably the best advertisement for HP Wolf Security as people actually know what the terms in the sponsor segment mean at the end of the video. Well Played, good information with relevant sponsors.

[Thuazabi]

Windows Security + Automatic Updates Enabled + uBlock Origin is all that most people need. If you're getting infected despite that, chances are it's a PEBCAK situation.