I imagine Windows Defender has been and will continue to be (even after this) nation state intelligence agencies' #1 way to get into users' Windows PCs. I for

I imagine Windows Defender has been and will continue to be (even after this) nation state intelligence agencies' #1 way to get into users' Windows PCs. I for one haven't trusted Windows Defender in a while, both because I don't trust Microsoft not to be malicious with it (at the very least they've steadily increased the amount and types of telemetry they collect through it) and also because it's such an easy target for all sorts of attackers.