I only use Windows Defender (not hardened) and nothing else except I do a daily image as an absolute almost fail-safe solution. Most here have...
No question- cover-up is the name of the game in today's context. Saving "face" is what they are all about. Essentially, they likely censor any...
We don't disagree. I did not mean they are a literal coercive monopoly in a negative sense, I meant they may be the only AV provider down the road.
I am a real life financial trader and economist that detests any monopolist, but Microsoft should be praised for creating a product that is on par...
It's called loss of market share. All the paid AVs are struggling to keep subscribers and well they should. MS Defender will put most of them out...
But you can also argue that once installed, they act like malware in some ways. I struggled to remove remnants for months with several of them.
I have had issues with most all of them. There are remnants left behind even with uninstallers. I personally think you install at your own risk....
Ya that's right. We should all ditch MS Defender because it missed a sample or two and buy one of those "better" ones- you know- the ones that do...
I still believe they (WD competitors) are selling our data as well. If you have a browser extension- they know. So logically, if they offer a...
At the risk of being accused of being a conspiracy theorist, maybe they don't want it removed?
I have Panda as well, but your assertions do not refute what I said. Both WD and Panda are the most "silent" I have found- the others are very...
100%. WD is as good as any of them and you are not auto-renewed or hounded by emails, texts and popups. Silence is always golden for me WD does it...
I have free McAfee with Cox and it is not what I would use on my machines.
100%. They can't sell quality so they add garbage.
100%.
Windows Defender is functionally doing the same thing.
Good stuff. It seems if these tests are accurate, there is gap between the reported incidents of successful ransomware attacks and the preventive...
Too many popups for Kaspersky. Virtually none (if any) for Panda and Defender. I know that does not answer your question, but Kaspersky and...
Man, I found I guy on this forum I can agree with. The pop-ups alone in other AVs are enough to make you insane. Defender just defends without a...
My view is that all you need is MS Defender (with no additional tweaks) and a daily image backup. All the other add-ons are generally redundant...
You missed my point. There is zero customer service in most cases and that is a fact- not an assertion. I am glad you are literate as most are...
That's why they are practically giving away their products as are most of the others. Zero or next to zero technical support. Basically, we are...
I tested 13 others and they slowed down my systems more than WD and I have very fast computers. Those tests have a great statistical variance...
https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/malware-protection-test-september-2021/
You can't go wrong and its what I use too...
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