Windows Defender Is Becoming the Powerful Antivirus That Windows 10 Needs

See my signature. It's never let me down.

 

How good is WD against ransomware?

 

WD has become a top natch security suit. it has browser sandbox, system sandbox, anti-ransomware, anti-adware, anti-exploit, firewall, anti-malware , anti-virus, and anti-exe. Too bad they are in pro and above.

 

Very true buddy I will run it with roguekiller

 

I think running it with MBAM free would be better. For on-demand scan wise. Roguekiller on-demand detection is not that great compared to MBAM free. WD in win 10 pro has solid protection and MBAm free has great scanning detection rate. do not use MBAM pro with WD since MBAM pro turns WD off.

 

Ah I see

 

There's a setting in MBAM that allows it to run in real time without shutting WD off.

 

That's good news my friend

 

realy where? I must have missed it. can you tell us where it is?

 

Settings > Security > scroll down to Windows Security Center > disable Always register Malwarebytes in the Windows Security Center.

 

Running that very setup myself now. Works like a charm

 

thanks.

 

using WD harden only on a backup windows 10 pro (for windows games only) mini-pc.

 

yeah. Main mini-pc is linux mint. living room mini-pc is chrome OS and now a backup mini-pc with win pro for game and another mini-pc in reserve with linux. lol

 

I am ****** at AMD. They tricked me. I will buy intel in the future.

 

I had saved some money to buy a brand new generation pc with the latest ryzen gen chip and when their 4th gen came out and bought it in a mini-pc . As soon as I bought the new 4th gen ryzen AMD processor (not even a month passed) mini-pc then they announced the 5th gen ryzen processor. If they had announced that the 4th gen was temporary then I would wait and get the 5th ryzen instead of wasting it on a 4th gen.

I had saved some money to buy a brand new generation pc with the latest ryzen gen chip and when their 4th gen came out and bought it in a mini-pc . As soon as I bought the new 4th gen ryzen AMD processor (not even a month passed) mini-pc then they announced the 5th gen ryzen processor. If they had announced that the 4th gen was temporary then I would wait and get the 5th gen ryzen instead of wasting it on a 4th gen.

 

OK cool, so the engine can be updated together with signatures, without having to download a full update via Windows Update.

If services related to Win Update are disabled then it's indeed game over. I also believe that M$ should redesign it so that Win Defender isn't affected. Not sure if Tamper Protection takes care of this, I'm guessing it does not since several third party tools are capable of disabling Windows Update.

 

Here we go again with the strangely fast "Quick Scan." Now typically, this scan has been in the 20-30 sec range for 32,000+ items. After installing the 21H1 Windows 10 (insiders beta), now look at it.

Spoiler: really quick scan--for real

Anyone else? These variations, no wonder I depend on my third parties for reality checks.
Although, there's been no changelog for 21H1 yet, but they said it wouldn't be anything major. So any optimizing of Defender scans is still up in the air.

 

My quick scan on 21H1

 

Thank you for checking. Today, I ran a Defender quick scan and this is the result. Like I said, glad I have third parties to rely on.

Spoiler: def quickscan 2

 

and those 3rd parties are?

 

AdwCleaner and paid HitmanPro. AdwC just came out with a much faster scan due to use of multi-threading. At first, it occurred to me that AdwC had sprinkled some fairy dust on Defender; hence the supersonic scan time.

Defender is nice but sometimes you gotta have a backup for verification.

 

thanks plat. never used adw but hmp is pretty good.

 

This I feel is dangerous. I do cringe a little when the typical thought process from your average computer user is "keep up to the date and you all good".

Patches to fix vulnerabilities are always behind the curve, its a reaction approach.

Having extra security layers for a "just in case" scenario is what is going to protect you against zero day. I read an article not long ago which was a real eye opener, It was a flaw in windows, where Microsoft initially patched it after weeks of the malware running rampant, but the fix was a lazy one, it didnt fix the core issue but instead just stopped that specific exploit, because of the attacker merely needed to tweak the exploit and it was rampant again. This happened 2-3 times before it was finally fixed properly.

I would even go as far to say that someone with a really locked down OS that hasnt been patched for say 3 years is probably less vulnerable to someone running OOB config and patched up to date.

 

It's not dangerous at all. As I keep posting, if you keep your system updated and are always very careful about what files you open, then it is very hard to get infected. You can choose to keep believing otherwise if you want, but my opinion is based on decades of my own experience and countless hours spent reading posts on security forums.