- May 10, 2019
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Honestly, I am fed up with all the nonsense of using third-party security products. I started to feel that my computer usage is devoted to installing, trying and fixing issues caused by the security products installed on my devices. I swear to God that I prefer getting infected rather than WASTING money on security product that will cause my nothing but headache. I know MD can cause problem sometimes, but it is preinstalled and it is pretty good, and that is why I am using it now.
MD is light but I have seen it using some CPU for some reason. This continues for some seconds and then it winds down. I am using Configure Defender set to high, and I am not planning to add any second-opinion scanners. I might start using Bitdefender Traffic Light, but still not sure about it. I have thought of installing F-Secure, for which I have over 800 days remaining, but decided not to because I do not see any added security in using it (maybe under certain circumstances it might outperform MD, but I see it as very unlikely to happen due to my browsing habits). Bitdefender, as light as it might be, is not very light as they market it. I could hear my laptop's fan noise during Windows startup and during installing new software, which drove me crazy. Enabling Automatic Profiles did help, but not very much. Bitdefender's main service consumes huge amount of CPU during startup and RAM usage is very high (I know RAM is to be used, but BD's usage is unreasonable). One more thing is the silly update process of BD which is very resources-hungry. But here I am using MD which is free, so that I will never regret I paid a penny on when it fails me.
Adguard Desktop, along with its DNS, is doing a very decent job in filtering ads. Browsing is smooth and ad-free, and it is really a pleasant experience. Of course I had to manually import Adguard's certificate into Waterfox (which I like btw), but other than that everything seems to be working just fine.
I have ditched Microsoft Office and now I am using Softmaker Office NX Universal. It is really great and the pricing is great too. 2021 version comes with Zotero integration (the lack of Zotero integration was the only reason that prevented me from using SM).
MD is light but I have seen it using some CPU for some reason. This continues for some seconds and then it winds down. I am using Configure Defender set to high, and I am not planning to add any second-opinion scanners. I might start using Bitdefender Traffic Light, but still not sure about it. I have thought of installing F-Secure, for which I have over 800 days remaining, but decided not to because I do not see any added security in using it (maybe under certain circumstances it might outperform MD, but I see it as very unlikely to happen due to my browsing habits). Bitdefender, as light as it might be, is not very light as they market it. I could hear my laptop's fan noise during Windows startup and during installing new software, which drove me crazy. Enabling Automatic Profiles did help, but not very much. Bitdefender's main service consumes huge amount of CPU during startup and RAM usage is very high (I know RAM is to be used, but BD's usage is unreasonable). One more thing is the silly update process of BD which is very resources-hungry. But here I am using MD which is free, so that I will never regret I paid a penny on when it fails me.
Adguard Desktop, along with its DNS, is doing a very decent job in filtering ads. Browsing is smooth and ad-free, and it is really a pleasant experience. Of course I had to manually import Adguard's certificate into Waterfox (which I like btw), but other than that everything seems to be working just fine.
I have ditched Microsoft Office and now I am using Softmaker Office NX Universal. It is really great and the pricing is great too. 2021 version comes with Zotero integration (the lack of Zotero integration was the only reason that prevented me from using SM).