@Umbra
Do you feel as if Windows will one day become much more immune to malware such as OSX is? In other words, how much longer will we need to depend on security applications aside from Defender to protect us?
It could , the problem is the users ! Win8/10 afford already many security improvements , but i see on this forum and several others; many users don't even bother using the basics of security their OS offers, they think they are experienced enough to discard them.
MS pushed bad habits on the users with their previous OSes , for example, using an admin account instead of a restricted account during Windows installation. (linux doesn't)
I feel as if sometimes Antivirus programs were just a bandaid for a flawed OS. Now that Microsoft is moving along well, someday third party Antivirus apps may become unnecessary. It seems to feel that way now.
it will be soon, if you have the chance to use Win10 Enterprise you won't need any security softwares.
I will tell you , my system (Win10 home) can be run without any 3rd security apps , not because i use my common sense , but because i use all features available and added some personal tweaks; all those deny most of the common infections vectors.
Note: I have noticed an enormous decrease in malware infections on my client's computers since 2 years ago (Windows 8.1+). I rarely clean PCs infections anymore. To be honest, the majority of the removals were mainly PUAs. That is the original reason I posted this poll to see how far Windows has come along in bullet proofing it's OS.
Yes me too, since system-wide Smartscreen and Windows Defender were implemented , serious infections are less frequent; most of those i encountered were due to "happy clickers" or people using admin accounts without UAC, etc...
