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Free Antivirus is Good Enough (5 reasons why)
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<blockquote data-quote="monkeylove" data-source="post: 914187" data-attributes="member: 19756"><p>It's also possible that YMMV. In my case, across several machines at home, sometimes Defender doesn't affect performance and sometimes it does. Sometimes it can block malware and sometimes it can't. When I try to harden it, it may cause more problems which novice users can't understand. Meanwhile, similar problems concerning protection and performance affects third-party AVs.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the cost can be high for the latter: for several machines, there's usually a promo price for the first year, but it goes up substantially by the second year. And what happens when something is changed in the AV or Windows such that it causes systems to slow down or breaks some apps?</p><p></p><p>Given that, my strategy has been to stick to free versions of AVs based on performance, system impact, and the least annoyances, and then wait for Defender to improve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeylove, post: 914187, member: 19756"] It's also possible that YMMV. In my case, across several machines at home, sometimes Defender doesn't affect performance and sometimes it does. Sometimes it can block malware and sometimes it can't. When I try to harden it, it may cause more problems which novice users can't understand. Meanwhile, similar problems concerning protection and performance affects third-party AVs. Meanwhile, the cost can be high for the latter: for several machines, there's usually a promo price for the first year, but it goes up substantially by the second year. And what happens when something is changed in the AV or Windows such that it causes systems to slow down or breaks some apps? Given that, my strategy has been to stick to free versions of AVs based on performance, system impact, and the least annoyances, and then wait for Defender to improve. [/QUOTE]
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