![]() For the average user, the newer versions of Windows Defender is perfectly adequate at protecting the system - although, you may want to supplement it with something like Adaware or Spybot to keep an eye out for more minor annoyances. ![]() The only use anti-virus has anymore is if you have a small child - or an extremely elderly person - on the computer who isn't using the best common sense as they browse, or if you are into some shady stuff that can be dangerous. (And in the rare case something bad like that DOES make it out into the wild, it ends up all over the news.) The outright "erase your entire hard drive" stereotypical viruses of the early computer days are almost non-existant now because they are so easy to catch, there is no efficient way to "hide" something that brutal and direct. ![]() Viruses now days are more along the line of advertising malware and browser hijackers, and can be coded in such a way that they're missed entirely by most scanners and actually require specialty software to remove. They are over-protective and cause more issues than they help prevent or fix because they interfere with legitimate computer usage. A bit of a tangent, but honestly, the mainstream anti-virus suites now days are borderline useless and are not worth the trouble.
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