Is it worth it for an typical PC user to pay for an additional antivirus, or is Windows Defender enough these days for most people’s usage?

Question

Is it worth it for an typical PC user to pay for an additional antivirus, or is Windows Defender enough these days for most people’s usage?

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Answer 1

The only issue I find with Windows Defender is performance. When it does a scan it hammers the CPU. When I’m working on music, for example, I’ll sometimes get audio dropouts because Defender has started up in the background. On a slower laptop, it can render it the machine almost unusable.