Windows 10: Is Windows Defender good on Windows 10?

Discus and support Is Windows Defender good on Windows 10? in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; I wonder that too. In every test out there, WD always ends up as the last. Even in the test of weeks old malware, where AV vendors share their... Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by RubberDucky, Jul 10, 2016.

  1. Mystere Win User

    Is Windows Defender good on Windows 10?


    First, no. Defender is never "last", although it does come out on the lower side of things. For instance in the August 2016 AV-TEST Defender came out pretty high in performance, as well as accuracy. However, it came out pretty low on the 0-day tests, but pretty high on the widespread tests (99.8%)

    Test Microsoft Windows Defender 4.8 for Windows 10 (161447) | AV-TEST

    But even that "protection" rating should be taken with a huge grain of salt. For instance, Kapersky gets a very high rating, but they also cheat. They've been caught actually creating benign viruses that are designed to exploit areas that their competitors are weak in, thus giving them a much higher "detection" rate for these viruses because they wrote them!
     
    Mystere, Oct 31, 2016
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  2. 'I have been using Windows Defender and Windows Firewall for more than a year, during which my computer has been safe.'

    I said the above on another forum, where a veteran member criticized me for saying so.
     
    Matthew Wai, Apr 5, 2018
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