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Yes it does by default & you can even set the frequency to make it update even more regularly.
*www.tenforums.com/antivirus-firewa...ws-defender-definitions-update-frequency.html
No, its detection rate has improved a lot since 2018 on windows 10.
*www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-feb-mar-2021-factsheet/
I suggest you to bookmark above site & check AV performance results there.
omega44-xt
Gear up ...
Its the best free option IMO.
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
How about the Net Protector Anti Virus Total Security?
Simply NPAV?
Does it fall along the leagues of AVAST,AVIRA,ESET,...etc?
How much strong and reliable it is?
Detection rates?
@whitestar_999 , Please do comment.
Simply NPAV?
Does it fall along the leagues of AVAST,AVIRA,ESET,...etc?
How much strong and reliable it is?
Detection rates?
@whitestar_999 , Please do comment.
See my above post. In my opinion, if it is not there in av-comparatives tests then it isn't worth trying.
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
Do you explicitly want to install bloatware on your PC?
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
Means similar to Quickheal???
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
Yes, all those "Anti-virus" software which are promoted heavily by shops are bloatware and do nothing except consume system resources. Windows defender does a much better job unless you want to download tons of pirated software from random sites.
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
Looking at the charts looks like VIPRE & G Data are also excellent Anti Viruses with 0 false positives.
Vipres AV plus is cheapest too
Nerevarine
Incarnate
Apart from antivirus, I'd recommend using Malwarebytes adw cleaner to cleanup adware.
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
In fact I am using a paid version of Premium (Total Security) of GData (3yrs,1 PC)Looking at the charts looks like VIPRE & G Data are also excellent Anti Viruses with 0 false positives.
Vipres AV plus is cheapest too
vidhubhushan
Alakh Niranjan
it looks like Avast and AVG are best options with no compromise
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
Avoid both as they are not trusted anymore use AVIRA instead
vidhubhushan
Alakh Niranjan
tried twice in the past but it was catching too many false positives - even parts of a mkv video file downloaded using IDM; so removed it and started using Bitdefender free.
Strange, I download a lot of videos & occasional software but rarely gets a false alert from avira.
Gdata is much heavier performance wise though Vipre is better but still only in the middle of performance chart.Looking at the charts looks like VIPRE & G Data are also excellent Anti Viruses with 0 false positives.
Vipres AV plus is cheapest too
*www.av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-april-2021/
Nerevarine
Incarnate
Ive recently come to understand how antiviruses work, most of them use a library called Yara, the antivirus is just a front end to use it and the virus definitions are just regular expression type filters over a hex code to filter out things.
Thats the reason, why so many no name antiviruses have popped up in the last few years, because creating an antivirus isnt a terribly difficult thing to do
Thats the reason, why so many no name antiviruses have popped up in the last few years, because creating an antivirus isnt a terribly difficult thing to do