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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The best form of antivirus is you the user. Be smart, avoid sketchy sites and downloads, use adblockers, and windows built in software will probably cover the rest if you keep it up to date.
If you do take some risks on the internet, it’s possible a third party antivirus might catch something windows doesn’t. But also maybe not. Or maybe windows would catch it anyway. Generally a dedicated piece of software will be stricter than the built in windows stuff. But then you also might get more false positives. I’d recommend doing some more in-depth reading from people who actually test various antivirus softwares instead of just asking on a forum.
I say that as someone who didn’t bother to do the reading and pays Bitdefender 60 bucks or whatever a year for (possibly false) peace of mind. Do what I say, not what I do?
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