Removed it from a friend's Windows 7 laptop, replaced it with MSE. Instant performance boost.
3rd party AV is pretty much pointless these days. Defender is good enough. "Detection rates" are meaningless because it's the 0-day that'll fuck you over.
Block ads. Browse safe. Don't click links in junk mail. Let Windows Defender do its thing.
That's all I do, and it's all you need to do.
If you want to go spelunking into the nether regions of the interwebs - well, that's what VMs are for.
3rd party AV is pretty much pointless these days. Defender is good enough. "Detection rates" are meaningless because it's the 0-day that'll fuck you over.
Block ads. Browse safe. Don't click links in junk mail. Let Windows Defender do its thing.
That's all I do, and it's all you need to do.
If you want to go spelunking into the nether regions of the interwebs - well, that's what VMs are for.