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<blockquote data-quote="JohnR" data-source="post: 870048" data-attributes="member: 86028">I admit having suffered a perhaps warranted (at the time) fear in the days of using XP and found it difficult to adjust when I moved to Linux, getting my head around fact that the system itself was taking care of the security and didn&#039;t need the additional software I was so used to adding.Having recently reverted to Win 10 the fear hasn&#039;t yet returned and although I have added a few small items, my preference now is add software designed to tweak/optimise 10&#039;s inbuilt security settings, some of which should seemingly have already been set as the default.Defender with CD scores well enough in testing that I trust it be enough (for me), is hassle free, doesn&#039;t nag and nor does it contain half a dozen other modules that I don&#039;t need. Minute variations in % shown in AV tests are perhaps important to some, but nothing gives a 100% guarantee. O/T, but past issues I have had with Win were no doubt by and large of my own making, due in no small part too some or all of the following.Cleaning the registry will often return to bite you on the backside at some stage.Too many combinations of software&#039;s can cause update problems, as MS cant allow for every change and variation made.Uninstallers always leave something behind and removing it manually may cause a problem at some point.Optimisers are a waste of both time and money, good chance of breaking something, but your left with little idea as too what.Don&#039;t fix what ain&#039;t broke and only install software you really need.People who break Linux blame themselves, people who break Win blame MS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnR, post: 870048, member: 86028"] I admit having suffered a perhaps warranted (at the time) fear in the days of using XP and found it difficult to adjust when I moved to Linux, getting my head around fact that the system itself was taking care of the security and didn't need the additional software I was so used to adding. Having recently reverted to Win 10 the fear hasn't yet returned and although I have added a few small items, my preference now is add software designed to tweak/optimise 10's inbuilt security settings, some of which should seemingly have already been set as the default. Defender with CD scores well enough in testing that I trust it be enough (for me), is hassle free, doesn't nag and nor does it contain half a dozen other modules that I don't need. Minute variations in % shown in AV tests are perhaps important to some, but nothing gives a 100% guarantee. O/T, but past issues I have had with Win were no doubt by and large of my own making, due in no small part too some or all of the following. Cleaning the registry will often return to bite you on the backside at some stage. Too many combinations of software's can cause update problems, as MS cant allow for every change and variation made. Uninstallers always leave something behind and removing it manually may cause a problem at some point. Optimisers are a waste of both time and money, good chance of breaking something, but your left with little idea as too what. Don't fix what ain't broke and only install software you really need. People who break Linux blame themselves, people who break Win blame MS. [/QUOTE]

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