Windows 10: AV Comparitives Updated

Real World Protection Feb 2018
Defender at the top and NOT at the bottom anymore*Party

AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Real World Protection Test Overview

 

Impressive Cliff....but there again it depends which chart you take notice of....attachment taken off your same link but for malware protection….although latest test taken last September.

 

No details of how the test was done. I suspect, as the tools to opt in are only available to enterprise customers, that PUA protection was not turned on. Brinks tutorial shows how any edition including Home can enable PUA protection, so maybe we'd see different results?

Enable or Disable Windows Defender PUA Protection in Windows 10

 

Surprising, but Microsoft often gets things right, after some period of time.

So if I want to ditch my (Comcast free) Norton security, what do I need to supplement Defender to get the same overall level of security, including firewall, anti-malware, etc. I don't use the Norton Identify Safe feature. I use LastPass as my password manager.

I will freely admit that I don't know all the details of Defender, but I am impressed.

(catch the reference? *Wink )