Posted August 7, 2019 Somehow Microsoft pulled it off, somehow they made product that performs well. Alternatively, what does this say about the rest of the industry? If the company that cant update it's own hallmark operating system without breaking it or deleting all its users files in certain folders can make a better antivirus, should we be worried? PC Magazine reports on a softpedia article about the recent battery of tests to determine the best current rendition of AV available for windows machines and has determined that Windows Defender has learned its top award, with Webroot coming in last and several big names like Avadt, Bitdefender and F Secure coming in close second in terms of performance. Link listed below: https://www.pcmag.com/news/369979/windows-defender-achieves-best-antivirus-status Shade - Silverstone Primera PM01 RGB, i7 8700k 5.0ghz all core, Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7, Corsair H110i AIO, 32GB TridentZ@3200Mhz, 240GB PNY CS1311, 500GB 960EVO, 3x 4TB Hitachi Ultrastar NAS, 1TB Apple NVME SSD, MBest MB279QR 1440p 165hz Monitor, Shimian (Apple Reject 27" Cinema display) 1440p 60hz, TT RIING 140mm x 4, Phanteks Halos x4 ASUS ROG17 GL702VM - 17" 75hz Gsync 1080p, 500GB 960 EVO, 500gb 850 EVO, 1060 6GB Undervolted (ASUS your cooling sucks), Modded cover. Monochrome - i7 4570, Hyper 212 EVO, 120GB Mushkin Chronos, 16GB EVGA 2400Mhz DDR3, Rx480 8GB, Enthoo Pro M Orwell (Lenovo X1 Yoga 1st Gen 14" 2k IPS Screen, 500gb PM851 SSD, 8GB DDR3, i7-6500u. Lenovo X1 Yoga 3rd Gen: 14" 2k 500 nit Dolbyvision Display, 256gn NVME, 16GB DDR4, i7-8650u Newest Acquisition: T480 (Think Hard) - i5-8250u undervolted -130mv, 16gb DDR4 2400, upgraded display B140Han01.3, 256gb SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 As a MacOS user these concepts are very foreign and hard to understand. Macs don't get viruses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 They must be wrong, but don't worry, the next 50 posts will explain why... Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge. Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, floofer said: As a MacOS user these concepts are very foreign and hard to understand. Macs don't get viruses. macs do get viruses; it's just that windows is more popular so it's targeted more. if you don't believe me here's linus to tell you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, floofer said: As a MacOS user these concepts are very foreign and hard to understand. Macs don't get viruses. You appear to have forgotten the /s there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 I heard Microsoft are changing their buit in AV Windows Defender to Microsoft Defender, it's gotta be very big changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, VegetableStu said: i can't remember the point where i went from "just get a free one from some reputable company" to "just use windows 10 defender", and I can't remember why... o_o I think most people made that switch when they made the switch from windows 7 to 10. Like, when most people buy a pc or upgrade them they sometimes ask "what antivirus do i need?" and the answer when they are on w10 is always "it's built-in, you don't need to worry about that" and that's basically it usually. You do get the random derp that wants whatever anti-virus he used for years and usually pays for it too but that's fine. If you want my attention, quote meh! D: or just stick an @samcool55 in your post :3 Spying on everyone to fight against terrorism is like shooting a mosquito with a cannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 Wait a minute, that's illegal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Dogeystyle said: Wait a minute, that's illegal What? Seeing how Defender was always a useless POS at the very bottom i highly doubt this is genuine and not a paid for thing.... Edited August 7, 2019 by jagdtigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 That title (though to be fair, also the title of the source article, and in turn, even the award this is describing) is misleading. It won the "best antivirus" award, which contrary to what the name would seem to imply is not actually an indication that it's better than all others, just that it's of a high tier that only few have reached. Just as an extra indicator of how messed up these names are, they have a second place prize for a variety of things that didn't quite make the "best antivirus" cut, called "top product". Wonderful /s And of course that's to say nothing of the questionable nature of the tests. Some of the things that also ranked well make me wonder. It would be good to get more details on what and how things were tested and weighted in the scoring as well. Solve your own audio issues | First Steps with RPi 3 | Humidity & Condensation | Sleep & Hibernation | Overclocking RAM | Making Backups | Displays | 4K / 8K / 16K / etc. | Do I need 80+ Platinum? If you can read this you're using the wrong theme. You can change it at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said: That title (though to be fair, also the title of the source article, and in turn, even the award this is describing) is misleading. It won the "best antivirus" award, which contrary to what the name would seem to imply is not actually an indication that it's better than all others, just that it's of a high tier that only few have reached. I'd still rather use Defender than Symantec though, they earned my hatred many times lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 7, 2019 32 minutes ago, floofer said: As a MacOS user these concepts are very foreign and hard to understand. Macs don't get viruses. You must be dreaming, Mac can get viruses especially when there considerably a larger user based now so more people are developing for it. Magical Pineapples