Agreed. I'm not only uninstalling third party AV software - I always actually reimage the machine if its preinstalled. Even Windows Defender does sketchy things

Agreed. I'm not only uninstalling third party AV software - I always actually reimage the machine if its preinstalled. Even Windows Defender does sketchy things but at least it's the same vendor as the OS - so hopefully not adding on tons of risk. I have the feeling that security software is often the most insecure one, because of bad design choices and lack of quality engineering.