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    The most secure OS named windows (lemmy.ml)
    submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago (1 children)

    That thing literally saved Windows, as most users would otherwise have had to install shitty freeware like Avast or pay for premium antivirus solutions, basically paying to try to close loopholes that Microsoft made in the first place.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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    I almost opted to move my parents to use Linux instead of Windows because of how much time I was spending on fixing the malware and viruses they'd get. Then enter Windows Defender.

    Now all I have to deal with is when they get the occasional scam call... "Yes, it's Bob from Microsoft, you need to wire us $900 to fix a virus."

    [โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

    Before Defender it was called Microsoft Security Essentials and was a standalone app.

    Worked damn good back then as well.