- Nov 26, 2016
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Impossible. When WD encounters any EXE it literally chokes on it. And my PC is anything but slow.
What is your opinion about Microsoft Windows Defender (Windows 10)?
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Impossible. When WD encounters any EXE it literally chokes on it. And my PC is anything but slow.
- Oct 31, 2014
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The same to me. Probably in some systems it is fast and in some other slow
It's very slow on my system as well...You guys need to know that WD, altho being the worst 2-3 years ago, actually applies complicated ML analysis and threat correlation... it normally remediates threats in their entirety. So it's not really too bad. It's one of the few programs out there to actually apply a proper removal routine.The same to me. Probably in some systems it is fast and in some other slow
- Nov 26, 2016
- 699
Kaspersky does that too and yet it's shockingly fast...
Nothing to fancy, just WD tweaked along side hard_configurator, nothing else.
That is true.
I'm just looking at it from the point of view of using the one that comes with the suite and you either dont like it, or it is causing you issues. Some of this stuff can be had for free.
All in all there's more than one way to go about this. It all comes down to needs/wants and preference. Still doesn't mean that someone cant use WD and W10 security features and still be safe. You don't need to get/pay for a 3rd party to do that, just remember that no set up/product is perfect, so you need to practice safe habits regardless. That's the best security suite IMO, brain.exe
See I havent noticed that myself. I'm not saying your wrong, but it goes back to what @blackice said about being it case by case and subjective. TBH I havent noticed this on any of my computers, but I also install W10 from scratch and dont have a million things running the the background.
End of the day it's important to try each program for yourself. If you find it to slow, try something else. Lots of choices to choose from.
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- Apr 1, 2019
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I think there are a lot of variables that go into it. Processor, ram, what is in folders you are browsing, and what applications you are running. I can’t speak to folders full of exe’s which is usually the main complaint. I don’t keep folders like that.
Not every program is Kaspersky. Trend Micro is extremely fast as well, but different vendors do it differently and you'll have to get over it. Threat removal is not something that will be happening every 5 minutes. Still tho, I would definitely not use WD. Never. Never ever.
Started using Defender full time after it was annouced another free av was selling user data, decided at that time to convert all systems to Defender, yeah at times it might be a little slow. But i've had no game performance issues, no bsod's, no update issues, all scans show up clean as well. So far not minding Defender it all, and quietly stays outta the way
- Sep 5, 2017
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Really it heavily depend on the hardware.for example for some people bit defender is still buggy and for the other it as zero impact
Never, ever, ever, everNever, ever, ever?
- Dec 23, 2014
- 8,510
... except if it will change (there is such a possibility).
It did change a lot, it looks more like a normal security product now, but with my McAfee license till 2028 and Trend Micro license till 2026, VS license till 2023 for which I am very grateful as well... Don't think I will ever come to Windows Defender.... except if it will change (there is such a possibility).
- Feb 12, 2017
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Windows Defender was in some cases really heavy on my pc. Sometimes it peeked 400-500MB ram usage. Even though I have 32BG ram, it still annoys me that its that heavy. So I moved back to Kaspersky, using between 80-100MB ram and on it's top peek around 200-250MB.
If anyone is willing to this, I will be thankful.
Of course, only do so if you want to. For those currently using WD, try to do a full scan with it. Once it finish, see how much CPU your computer is using. If you see it's using quite a lot you can wait a couple of minutes to see if it settles down, but it most likely won't.
Of course, only do so if you want to. For those currently using WD, try to do a full scan with it. Once it finish, see how much CPU your computer is using. If you see it's using quite a lot you can wait a couple of minutes to see if it settles down, but it most likely won't.
- Dec 23, 2014
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- Dec 23, 2014
- 8,510
I will do it. It will take some time because I was never done this before (why should I?).
- Mar 29, 2018
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I'll do right now. I've got time to kill 'cause we're sheltering in place. But you'll have to wait a long time for it to finish!
- Mar 29, 2018
- 7,613
M$ tells me "This will take longer than an hour"! Ha!
Start time:13:00 hrs re-started and didn't check time.
Finish Total scan time: 50.51 min.
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- Apr 24, 2016
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My results are almost 100% when doing a full scan and down to 3% just after:
So no issues.
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