Question Windows Defender

[IBMJunkman]

I currently use ESET and MalwareBytes. ESET is up for renewal.

I hear positive things about Windows Defender. Is it that good? Should I drop to 1 fighter of evil?

 

[mikeymikec]

I would be hard-convinced that any generic anti-virus program is of much use these days, hence I just 'recommend' Windows Defender, being better than nothing at all.

The only action I see out of these programs are when they find executables from many years ago sitting in a customer's Downloads folder doing nothing, or when security software sniffs out my toolkit folder and starts quarantining useful utilities in the name of 'security'.

Malwarebytes is somewhat more relevant. I don't know how useful its premium features are though.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I cannot fully grasp the time, trouble and money I've invested over 25 years to keep the integrity of my Digital Fortress. Once I used Norton. Then ESET. Then Kaspersky. I didn't like McAfee. But finally, as advised somewhere by reliable sources, I chose to run Windows Defender supplemented by MalWareBytes. I have never regretted this. NEVER!