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![]() Have a look at this comparison. https://www.av-comparatives.org/comparison/ Unfortunately, the 36 false positives spoil the glory. ![]() |
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Microsoft's stated intentions have always been to provide a much higher level of protection than you've stated. And that goes all the way back to their purchase of Giant anti-spyware in 2004: https://news.microsoft.com/2004/12/1...giant-company/ I think that you're probably confused about the Microsoft products. The AV Comparatives report that @EldonW links to is for the current anti-virus product rather than the original anti-spyware product which this topic is about. Windows Defender is the name used for at least three different products:
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I use Defender, haven't used anything else for years and never noticed it causing any slowdowns. And on a PC with the specs that the OP has posted there shouldn't be any problem. In all honesty, I've never had an issue while using it with Win10.
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Windows Defender comes on whenever I uninstall Avast to install a new version. There is noticeable slowdown in the system, which I don't feel when Avast is installed. Specially, when I open a folder with exe files, there is a lag.
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