Recommendations request

[JockB]

I use only Windows Defender, and I talked to my friends each has different opinion on the subject. Some say that anti-virus software doesn't do anything and some praise them. I would like to know opinion on anti-virus software and recommendations on free as well as paid versions. Why is it that you like that specific software?

[Allan]

https://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,126304.0.html

[Mark.]

personally, have found Defender to be excellent.
my Norton's expired last August, saw the AV comparative tests here;https://www.av-comparatives.org/ so decided to switch.
haven't looked back.

Defender now scores equal or better than all available software out there.
it never used to, only achieving in the 70% ranges which I think is where the historical stigma still comes from.

[patio]

It gets ballyhooed by those stalwarts who don't research....been in the Top 10 of Free apps consistently for a year now...
I use it on 2 PC's...1 is 24/7 ...other is my testbed PC...
Zero issues in 4 + years...course it wasn't always called Defender...