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So what should a non-technical Windows user use on a daily basis to protect their PCs?

• tptacek 10y ago
  Microsoft's own antivirus.
• staticassertion 10y ago
  If you want an AV, MSE has the lowest attack surface impact. It has always been good at implementing security mitigation techniques (whereas other vendors are atrocious here) and it's not very invasive. For security as a whole, I would suggest a good adblocker, keeping your system up to date, keeping your browser and plugins up to date, and I'd suggest Chrome although maybe that's controversial.
• dEnigma 10y ago
  Whenever I set up a Windows PC for a family member or non-technical friend, I just make sure Windows Defender is running, set everything that is installed to auto-update and install an adblocker. Also, I check every once in a while if the auto-updates are working correctly because in my experience they will inevitably and inexplicably stop working at some point :)
  • therein 10y ago
    > I check every once in a while if the auto-updates are working correctly because in my experience they will inevitably and inexplicably stop working at some point I think Windows 10 tries REALLY hard to make sure that doesn't happen.