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Windows Defender let me down, so I thought I'd try some popular free antivirus alternatives. They left a lot to be desired
Antiviral Free third-party AVs have always been a bit ropey, and my journey back into the murky world of free protection was far from pleasant.
Windows 11 23H2 update reportedly slows down gaming performance for some but there does seem to be a somewhat complicated fix
news Users report a fairly significant performance drop, but the fix remains more than a little involved for now.
Windows Defender is reportedly hindering performance on Intel CPUs
News Developer claims that a Windows Defender bug could be sapping up to 6% of Intel CPU performance.
Windows Defender vulnerability finally patched after 12 years
News Took them long enough, but looks like no one noticed until now.
Windows 10's built-in antivirus can now be used to download viruses
News A recent update to Windows Defender gave it the ability to download files through a command line tool.
Permanently disabling Windows 10’s built-in virus scanner is no longer an option
News Microsoft removed a registry tweak that allowed users to permanently disable Windows Defender.
Another independent antivirus testing lab gives Windows Defender high marks
News Too many false positives knocked it down a notch, though.
Recent antivirus testing found Windows Defender to be a top performer
News Microsoft's free AV software that comes with Windows scored high marks at AV-Test.
