Windows itseld is a proprietary software. MS Defender does an ok job but for most malware that target consumers,those av softwares are not a negative. As a tec

Windows itseld is a proprietary software. MS Defender does an ok job but for most malware that target consumers,those av softwares are not a negative. As a techie you might have nation state actors employing sophisticated attacks or corpirations spying on users. But the most immediate threat to consumers are things like phishing attacks,ransomware and banking trojans.