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Is the improved performance of Microsoft Defender a myth? Should we necessarily be using a 3rd party AV?
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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 967900" data-attributes="member: 37647"><p>Microsoft Defender is good protection in typical Windows user scenarios. As others already mentioned, it can be hardened with ConfigureDefender. However, many Youtube testers create artificial testing situations that do not reflect real-life use. </p><p></p><p>To be specific: </p><p></p><p>1 MD is not so good at offline detection. In typical real-life situations this is not a problem, because if you downloaded the file, your internet is working.</p><p></p><p>2 MD is not so good at detecting files that were downloaded in certain compressed formats such as RAR files. In typical real-life situations this is not a problem, because you most likely won't encounter such files, unless you are playing with pirated software -- in which case, no AV will be able to protect you adequately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 967900, member: 37647"] Microsoft Defender is good protection in typical Windows user scenarios. As others already mentioned, it can be hardened with ConfigureDefender. However, many Youtube testers create artificial testing situations that do not reflect real-life use. To be specific: 1 MD is not so good at offline detection. In typical real-life situations this is not a problem, because if you downloaded the file, your internet is working. 2 MD is not so good at detecting files that were downloaded in certain compressed formats such as RAR files. In typical real-life situations this is not a problem, because you most likely won't encounter such files, unless you are playing with pirated software -- in which case, no AV will be able to protect you adequately. [/QUOTE]
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