Windows 8.x - Defender or other AV?
-
I've used Defenderfor years back when it was first called Windows Live OneCare. Has always worked great for me...never an intrusion, always quite and out of the way...
But yes, at work, I do use a "suite" and just by installing it, it disables Defender...
-
@scottalanmiller said:
You saw people at Staples who ran Windows 8 with Defender as non-admins? If not, not valid and completely misleading.
People who go to Staples for support are not a useful diagnostic group.
Well, they are, but only from a home user perspective. Certainly not useful for business environment that did as you suggest, run as non-admin.
That said, I really have a hard time believing that MSE and AVG had more infections than the rest. Primarily because those paid products almost all include, included antiviral support in case you get infected. Of course free products don't include that.
-
@garak0410 said:
But yes, at work, I do use a "suite" and just by installing it, it disables Defender...
How do you know it's disabled?
-
@garak0410 said:
I've used Defender for years back when it was first called Windows Live OneCare. Has always worked great for me...never an intrusion, always quite and out of the way...
I did the same on my personal machines without ever an issue (when I did get one, I knew it was my fault).
-
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
You saw people at Staples who ran Windows 8 with Defender as non-admins? If not, not valid and completely misleading.
People who go to Staples for support are not a useful diagnostic group.
Well, they are, but only from a home user perspective. Certainly not useful for business environment that did as you suggest, run as non-admin.
That said, I really have a hard time believing that MSE and AVG had more infections than the rest. Primarily because those paid products almost all include, included antiviral support in case you get infected. Of course free products don't include that.
Most products DON'T include support for infections with their product. Some do but most don't. Like I said, Defender in a business, domain environment might be better. For home though, I'd never, EVER use it solely.
-
@Dashrender said:
@garak0410 said:
But yes, at work, I do use a "suite" and just by installing it, it disables Defender...
How do you know it's disabled?
I simply try to run Defender after installing our "suite" and it shows this:
-
@ajstringham said:
MSE is, even by Microsoft's own admission, not adequate.
This is not true. I really wish people would stop saying it. The statement by a MS Rep was that MSE should be considered a baseline that is the minimal that any AV company should shoot for.
-
@Dashrender said:
@ajstringham said:
MSE is, even by Microsoft's own admission, not adequate.
This is not true. I really wish people would stop saying it. The statement by a MS Rep was that MSE should be considered a baseline that is the minimal that any AV company should shoot for.
Reading that, it tells me they are saying "we're the bottom of the barrel, just barely good enough". I disagree. MSE is not good.
-
We know you disagree. But other than misleading use cases, outdated statements of a former product or a religious conviction against the product - why is it bad? Every argument against it relies on non-applicable data to make its case.
-
I've never heard a current, rational argument for why Defender isn't good enough. I think this is one if those products that is plagued by poor marketing that left it open to the irrational sectarianism that happens in IT.
-
@scottalanmiller said:
I've never heard a current, rational argument for why Defender isn't good enough. I think this is one if those products that is plagued by poor marketing that left it open to the irrational sectarianism that happens in IT.
Thanks I was looking for some way to say that, and all I could come up with was some comparison about how the non best product (possibly lowest baseline) is still widely excepted and used in a lot of cases (look at cheap cars).
-
That said, I still hold my irrational bias against AMD CPUs.
-
I have used Defender for both my client's personal and business PCs using W8.x.
I also used Live Care and personally have followed the Microsoft Anti-spyware/Defender product since beta. The only malware my family and I ever got was while running as Admin or stupidly clicking on phishing attempts or "borrowing music" from file sharing services.
Personally I offer Vipre with GFI Max for businesses and make them run as standard users. I supplement both Vipre and Defender with Malwarebytes Pro for those who run as Admins which are residential and hard to deal with micro businesses.
-
@technobabble said:
I have used Defender for both my client's personal and business PCs using W8.x.
I also used Live Care and personally have followed the Microsoft Anti-spyware/Defender product since beta. The only malware my family and I ever got was while running as Admin or stupidly clicking on phishing attempts or "borrowing music" from file sharing services.
Personally I offer Vipre with GFI Max for businesses and make them run as standard users. I supplement both Vipre and Defender with Malwarebytes Pro for those who run as Admins which are residential and hard to deal with micro businesses.
Love MBAM Pro. I was able to get a lifetime license for $15 around two years ago. LOVE IT!
-
Now it is $25/year.
-
@scottalanmiller said:
Now it is $25/year.
It was that price then. I got it on sale on Newegg. Daily Deal FTW!
