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<blockquote data-quote="RoboMan" data-source="post: 982382" data-attributes="member: 53544">I despise using Windows Defender, and I will list my reasons which I experienced in several PC&#039;s:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Usability issues: cannot use Controlled Folder Access because it&#039;s horribly designed and blocks literally everything, like not even a Trusted app can place a shortcut in the desktop // cannot use Core Isolation module because it kills important apps like overclock or undervolt software</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Interface bugs: several threats do not even show up when detected // several threats cannot be handled as the GUI just bugs and never applies any solution even after rebooting</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Resource hog: daily tasks like copy/pasting, browsing through Windows folders can be extemely tedious and slow, with riduculous work-arounds like having to &quot;whitelist the whole Downloads folder&quot; or similar</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">No web protection at all rather than SmartSCreen for downloads?</li>
</ol>Besides from that, it offers no benefits rather than being free or pre-installed. It&#039;s not &quot;great&quot;, I find it to be more like an &quot;efficient static detection tool&quot; due to its huge database. Rather than signatures, I&#039;ve never seen it shine. The few times I had to see behavioural analysis in action, it popped up too late.I am not saying you shouldn&#039;t use it, since it will probably be enough for most users who aren&#039;t average Joe&#039;s. I&#039;m just saying, for novice users, who like to click and surf the web without knowledge, it will probably get you infected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoboMan, post: 982382, member: 53544"] I despise using Windows Defender, and I will list my reasons which I experienced in several PC's: [LIST=1] [*][B]Usability issues[/B]: cannot use Controlled Folder Access because it's horribly designed and blocks literally everything, like not even a Trusted app can place a shortcut in the desktop // cannot use Core Isolation module because it kills important apps like overclock or undervolt software [*][B]Interface bugs[/B]: several threats do not even show up when detected // several threats cannot be handled as the GUI just bugs and never applies any solution even after rebooting [*][B]Resource hog[/B]: daily tasks like copy/pasting, browsing through Windows folders can be extemely tedious and slow, with riduculous work-arounds like having to "whitelist the whole Downloads folder" or similar [*][B]No web protection[/B] at all rather than SmartSCreen for downloads? [/LIST] Besides from that, it offers no benefits rather than being free or pre-installed. It's not "great", I find it to be more like an "efficient static detection tool" due to its huge database. Rather than signatures, I've never seen it shine. The few times I had to see behavioural analysis in action, it popped up too late. I am not saying you shouldn't use it, since it will probably be enough for most users who aren't average Joe's. I'm just saying, for novice users, who like to click and surf the web without knowledge, it will probably get you infected. [/QUOTE]

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