Windows 10: Is there still any reason to use Windows Defender?

I know my internet safety well. I don't pirate and download sketchy things from sketchy websites. I also run weekly scans of Malwarebytes, AdwCleaner, and SuperAntiSpyware, all of which are the top recommended free applications for their purpose. However, as for my AV, Windows Defender doesn't seem to be the best around. Is there any reason to stick with it, or should I switch to a better and leaner free antivirus? If so, what do you recommend?

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¿What is the ''official'' reason that there are still Lumia-exclusive apps, features, and settings?

You have been here long enough to know that this is a peer to peer site staffed mostly by volunteers who have little or no contact to MS> You will probably not get an "official" reason. Anybody who can speak for MS will not be reading these threads and
any one who does is probably not able to speak officially.

 

Is there any reason I should keep my Windows smart phone?

Just asking ... I love my Windows phone (via T-Mobile). It's a Lumia 625 (I think) that I've had for a couple of years. No trouble, no problems, no worries. Lovely. But the Windows phone apps are SEVERELY lacking. There's no app for the Washington Post.
No app for the New York Times. Firefox just sent me an email with a link to its mobile app. No good on Windows phones apparently.

Seriously -- I don't want to give up this phone, but if I can't get basic apps, what's the point anymore?

Can someone help me? Or am I just hosed?

Mr. Gates (and his wife) just got a Medal of Freedom from the President -- did Gates not think about this before he decided to try to save the world?

 

Windows Defender works fine IMHO and it's pretty lean compared to others options out there.

 

Windows Defender by itself (well, and Windows firewall) is all I have used for years on my home network of almost a dozen computers and I've stayed virus and malware free every since upgrading to Windows 10 before it was release publicly. So now you have two votes for dumping everything else except Windows Defender.

 

Agree 100%. With the Fall Creators update Defender now has a Controlled Folder and exploit protection. I would still use another layer such as Malwarebytes to cover all bases though. SuperAntiSpyware mostly detects cookies though so I wouldn't really say it provides much protection.

 

You will find it common on this forum that many people use the combination of defender and Malwarebytes. To add, I also use SuperAntiSpyware for malicious cookies.

 

You're only virus free of malware Defender knows about!

 

I personally use WD & Comodo Firewall & Sandboxie for Firefox and then every week or so I use a free stand alone scanner like F-Secure or microsoft safety scanner just for my own piece of mind.

 

Windows Firewall & Defender with MBAM & Adwarecleaner here with no problems. And yes, WD is lean compared to others out there.

 

I don't see any overhead with KIS over WD (was never a WD fan, anyway)

Some interesting stuff, they (as in Kaspersky Free) provide a current infection graph





So many using the KMS exploit!

 

simply put, NO!

 

Did I pose a question?

 

pretty obvious i was talking to the op djdelarosa25

 

Simply put....on what expertise are YOU basing your opinion?