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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="ForgottenSeer 94654" data-source="post: 982393"><p>Microsoft Defender works great. CFA works great because it is designed to block so-called "legit apps." That is the whole point of CFA, otherwise you might as well allow process hollowed explorer or svchost to encrypt your valuable files. Allow exceptions for CFA are supposed to be created only when something is permanently broken. A 2 TB drive scan takes less than 5 minutes.</p><p></p><p>Everything that can be done with Configure Defender, Firewall Hardener, Hard Configurator, and the rest can all easily be done with PowerShell. So there is no need to use any third party app.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 94654, post: 982393"] Microsoft Defender works great. CFA works great because it is designed to block so-called "legit apps." That is the whole point of CFA, otherwise you might as well allow process hollowed explorer or svchost to encrypt your valuable files. Allow exceptions for CFA are supposed to be created only when something is permanently broken. A 2 TB drive scan takes less than 5 minutes. Everything that can be done with Configure Defender, Firewall Hardener, Hard Configurator, and the rest can all easily be done with PowerShell. So there is no need to use any third party app. [/QUOTE]
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