Like vegetarianism which is more than avoiding meat but as well by what is it replaced (pardon me for that risky analogy!). Avoiding is one thing but security remains vital hence an alternative approach is required.
This said and to answer the article’s question in the context of Windows 7 : I’ve disabled Windows Defender years ago, tried various mainly Kaspersky solutions to later on removed them and ever since : no “institutional” security solution. “Now You: which security solutions do you use on your devices?”įirst things first : number of members of the Win7/8.1 club is lowering day by day and as one of them not sure my comments regarding newest, “modern” Windows OSs remains pertinent. Now You: which security solutions do you use on your devices? (via AV- Test)
Windows administrators who notice high system load situations on Windows devices with Microsoft Defender Security installed may install other solutions to find out if these perform better without reducing security. While it may sometimes be possible through observation, e.g., when a product is causing lag on the system, it may require benchmarking tools most of the time to find out about differences. There were some, security software by AhnLab, AVG, ESET, F-Secure, McAfee, Microworld and Norton, that had a "slight, yet measurable, system load", which resulted in a 5.5 out of 6 score.ĪV-Test did not provide details on the load that Microsoft Defender Antivirus had on the test systems and how much worse it was in comparison to the other tested products.įor home users, it is quite difficult to compare the performance of two security products installed on a Windows device. Microsoft's security product performed worse than all other products of the test.
As the system load is considerably higher than that of the other products, Defender lost an entire point, thus ending up at 5 out of 6 points." The default Windows antivirus solution got perfect scores in the protection and usability category, but the worst score in the performance category.ĪV-Test writes: "The highest system load in the test was generated by Windows Defender Antivirus for consumers. Microsoft Defender Antivirus scored 17 out of 18 points. The six products that performed the best in the test are: Avast Free Antivirus, Avira Security for Windows, Bitdefender Internet Security, G DATA Internet Security, Kaspersky Internet Security and Trend Micro Internet Security. Products may earn up to 6 points for each of the three test categories. A total of six of them scored 18 points, the highest available score. Most products performed really well in the test. Engineers at the institute analyzed the protective capabilities of the products, their usability and also performance. The latest Windows security software test by AV-Test analyzed 18 different security products for Windows.
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