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Microsoft Defender - pros and cons (November 2020)
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<blockquote data-quote="monkeylove" data-source="post: 913499" data-attributes="member: 19756"><p>I was using KSC but noted a slowdown in several PCs, so I switched back to Defender. I decided to test the performance in one machine using NovaBench, and noted that Defender now has the best performance, followed by free versions of Avast (a close second), Bitdefender, and Kaspersky (now the slowest). I did the same test several months ago, and it was the other way round.</p><p></p><p>I tried the controlled folders feature, but it caused more problems, especially for average users, and core isolation didn't work. So now I'm back to Avast.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, performance in terms of system impact and protection goes up and down for various AVs every year or so, with changes in Windows or updated versions of AVs leading to that.</p><p></p><p>That means Defender needs a lot of improvement. Meanwhile, given the price of AVs for several PCs and changes in performance, practical users will have to switch from one free version of a top AV to another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monkeylove, post: 913499, member: 19756"] I was using KSC but noted a slowdown in several PCs, so I switched back to Defender. I decided to test the performance in one machine using NovaBench, and noted that Defender now has the best performance, followed by free versions of Avast (a close second), Bitdefender, and Kaspersky (now the slowest). I did the same test several months ago, and it was the other way round. I tried the controlled folders feature, but it caused more problems, especially for average users, and core isolation didn't work. So now I'm back to Avast. Meanwhile, performance in terms of system impact and protection goes up and down for various AVs every year or so, with changes in Windows or updated versions of AVs leading to that. That means Defender needs a lot of improvement. Meanwhile, given the price of AVs for several PCs and changes in performance, practical users will have to switch from one free version of a top AV to another. [/QUOTE]
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