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The trick is that most of the users need this service. Before Windows Defender was built in you had to buy an anti virus software from sneak oil Windows securit
by miohtama 2y ago
The trick is that most of the users need this service. Before Windows Defender was built in you had to buy an anti virus software from sneak oil Windows security industry, and likely get somehow scammed in process.
The same companies sell anti virus for Android today.
Also most users is not all.
- badsectoracula 2y agoBut this made Windows Defender an actually good and useful feature for the users. Requiring an online account to use Windows isn't really the same thing.
- GoblinSlayer 2y agoExcept that on Home edition it detects everything as a virus, so all programs have an explanation that if Defender detects it as a virus, then just ignore it.
- badsectoracula 2y agoI haven't been using Windows as my main OS for a few years now but at least when i used it with Windows 10 it didn't detect "everything as a virus". In fact i can't even remember a single time i had issues with Windows Defender. Unless you refer to Windows SmartScreen? That is a different thing - really about how popular some program is (though Microsoft did put it under Windows Defender at some point so it can be confusing) - and isn't about the antivirus (which is what i was referring to).
- hulitu 2y ago> Before Windows Defender was built in you had to buy an anti virus software from sneak oil Windows security industry, and likely get somehow scammed in process. And now you get the same from Microsoft. Clearly an inprovement.