jonyoder, 2 months ago

@stux Speaking as a sysadmin, Defender is fine. Antivirus alone isn't enough to prevent you from getting pwned, though.

Sar, 2 months ago

@stux

Also recommending Defender. If it's good enough for us corporately then you know it's good enough.

We've used Kaspersky, AVG etc in the past, but Defender is better than them all.

Which feels weird and unintuitive, given it's MS, but it's true.

schmitzel76, 2 months ago

@stux installing privacy violating malware as protection is not a good idea. Avast / AVG should be avoided; you are better off just using the built-in Windows defender and some common sense.

n3wjack, 2 months ago

@stux Haven't installed any free AV since Defender got introduced in Win 10. It's as good as any of the free ones, and it stays out of the way, which can't be said for some free ones.
I'm looking at you Avast.

hcs, 2 months ago

@stux Windows Defender is on the top (usually as #1) of most benchmarks and I've been using only it as my protection for years:

https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/windows-defender-vs-antiviruses-is-defender-enough-for-you/

stux, 2 months ago

@hcs always have that one on by default indeed 👌🏻

yvz, 2 months ago

@stux Microsoft Defender is built-in. :P.

That combined with common sense should do. (Common sense is doing the heavy lifting.)

beanface42, 2 months ago

@yvz @stux I second this. In fact, Windows Defender (it is his little name 😁) is far better than most of these "free" adware’s with AV functions…

stux, 2 months ago

@beanface42 i have defender also indeed but I wasn’t sure it was ‘good enough’ since uh.. yeah Windows