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I use the free Microsoft Defender that comes with the OS. Why isn't this being recommended here? Is there something super wrong with it?

• eviks 2y ago
  It's slow and was very bad for a long time, so some of that bad reputation lingers, maybe?
  • ranger_danger 2y ago
    How is it slow? I've never noticed a difference with or without it enabled.
    • eviks 2y ago
      Slows down various file operations (download, copy, archive, build, etc) and has a high CPU utilization doing that E.g. see this test from a few years ago https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-october-2020/ https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-octob... Though it seems they've improved recently and are average now in more recent tests