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Just use Windows defender already. It's been good enough for ages. All the others downplay this to justify their existence.
Exactly. If you run windows, the default defender anti virus is just as capable. Don't use 3rd party anti virus software or use the"free" ones.
Some years ago, the Windows Defender certainly was a joke, but currently is very capable with an detection quote of 100%. A cause that Windows, as the most used OS was always also the most atacked by malware, but the devs of MS at least had made a good job. Windows is certainly an privacy nightmare, at least if used in default settings, but in question of security is currently maybe the best protected with safe boot, a good sandbox system and Defender, and, well, the Firewall is good, but sometimes overreacting with the need to whitelist some downloads and apps. But at all, there isn't anymor need for 3rd party AVs.
I have an inherent distrust to all things Microsoft. And their firewall is so terrible that I don't want to find out they were as negligent when it came to developing their antivirus.
Why are people recommending Microsoft spyware in a privacy thread??
Here we are spaking about that this Spyware is pretty resistant against all kind of malware, not about that it's needed to gut it from all kind of telemetries, bloatware and not needed services before the first use, that is another thing.
The better option is not to use windows at all, but if you are, I don't think disabling windows defender will stop them from getting whatever they want anyway.