It seems as though Windows Defender has come a long way in the past few years, and I was wondering if it is actually good enough to detect and eliminate most viruses?  I know it probably will not be as good as a paid service, like Symantec, but it seems to do a pretty decent job, at least in my opinion.  What are your thoughts about Windows Defender and how it stacks up against other antivirus softwares?

I've always liked MS Defender with Norton also two better than one never have a problem.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

For myself defender was just a constant source of annoyance, always turning itself back on even though I switched it off, background process always running even when set to off, windows updates switching it back on.
Off means off, not continually run a process in the background or re-enable without my consent.
The final straw was when it classed my VIVE HTC installation/setup as a virus & had the audacity to quarantine one of the main dll files it needed to work, driver etc garbage antivirus!
So I went into my registry, did some editing, 100% all round killed it from running ever again, fail program.
Been using Malwarebytes, not one problem since.

I decided to give Defender a try when Windows 10 launched.  I was on the fence back then because of their prior poor track record.  So now I've been running it 5 years give or take and have nothing bad to say about it.  No issue's at all in that time.  I also run Malwarebytes once a month or so just for good measure.

anyon had deleted windows defender in favor of say AVG?

Soooo, here is the thing. There is always a trade off using a different AV (increased attack surface). But Win Def should be sufficient so long as you do not do anything really stupid

flasher4q
I've always liked MS Defender with Norton also two better than one never have a problem.

It seems you cat took a nap on enter key.