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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 829488">IMHO I think a lot of those numbers you see from various companies are inflated by a lot and are used a marketing gimmicks. In all honesty, most companies may track as they get new users, but something tells me that they never subtract when they loose customers for various reasons (at least the number they show on their website/marketing info), so I wouldn&#039;t rely on them 100%.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />This is very true!I agree that all tests in general for all products should be taken with a grain of salt, but they do provide some insight at times. In the case of WD it didn&#039;t really perform all that well not long ago with these exact same tests/testing organizations, but slowly over time you see it improving bit by bit, until we reach where we are today. It seems to be scoring 100% fairly consistently now a days, so I do have to give them props for their improvement, but I am in no way delusioned into thinking that it means I will always be protected 100%. No product, no matter how good can offer 100% protection every time and that&#039;s a fact.I think with the current and continued improvements to WD it is definitely pushing other companies to do better. It&#039;s forcing them to actually improve their products and not just add useless stuff like a password manager, etc... After which they go &quot;hey we released a new version, come check it out!&quot; Meanwhile it&#039;s the same as last year, sometimes with a new UI and that&#039;s it. Personally I think &quot;free&quot; AV&#039;s will eventually die off as people are getting tired of being subjected to ads and such. They see that WD can do the same thing, but better as it isn&#039;t in your face.&nbsp; Like it or not, WD is making it harder to justify 3rd parties and it isn&#039;t helping when they are constantly in the news as of late because they are found to be causing more issues than the built in security of W10.All in all I agree, that overall this betters the average home owner as it; a: pushes 3rd parties to actually improve their product and b: Windows security as a whole has been improving and continues to do. Thus by having WD where it&#039;s at, it is able to provide more protection compared to having no AV, or having a 3rd party program without an expired subscription.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 829488"] IMHO I think a lot of those numbers you see from various companies are inflated by a lot and are used a marketing gimmicks. In all honesty, most companies may track as they get new users, but something tells me that they never subtract when they loose customers for various reasons (at least the number they show on their website/marketing info), so I wouldn't rely on them 100%.;) This is very true! I agree that all tests in general for all products should be taken with a grain of salt, but they do provide some insight at times. In the case of WD it didn't really perform all that well not long ago with these exact same tests/testing organizations, but slowly over time you see it improving bit by bit, until we reach where we are today. It seems to be scoring 100% fairly consistently now a days, so I do have to give them props for their improvement, but I am in no way delusioned into thinking that it means I will always be protected 100%. No product, no matter how good can offer 100% protection every time and that's a fact. I think with the current and continued improvements to WD it is definitely pushing other companies to do better. It's forcing them to actually improve their products and not just add useless stuff like a password manager, etc... After which they go "hey we released a new version, come check it out!" Meanwhile it's the same as last year, sometimes with a new UI and that's it. Personally I think "free" AV's will eventually die off as people are getting tired of being subjected to ads and such. They see that WD can do the same thing, but better as it isn't in your face. Like it or not, WD is making it harder to justify 3rd parties and it isn't helping when they are constantly in the news as of late because they are found to be causing more issues than the built in security of W10. All in all I agree, that overall this betters the average home owner as it; a: pushes 3rd parties to actually improve their product and b: Windows security as a whole has been improving and continues to do. Thus by having WD where it's at, it is able to provide more protection compared to having no AV, or having a 3rd party program without an expired subscription. [/QUOTE]

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