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Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection?

From Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Subject Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection?
Date 2020-08-30 20:03 +0000
Organization Mixmin
Message-ID <rih0ml$bae$3@news.mixmin.net> (permalink)

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Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole 
security/av protection?

Checking just now, I see it's now called "Windows Security" I think:
o Win+I > Update and Security > Windows Security > [Open Windows Security]

I looked for a version but couldn't find that - but it did say this:
  No current threats.
  Last scan: 8/30/2020 9:25 PM (quick scan)
  0 threats found
  Scan lasted 1 minutes 25 seconds
  38578 files scanned

In a recent thread, someone lamented that Office 2007 wasn't updated, where 
I commented that the functionality for a casual home user is the same on 
any Office version, and, that I had not had a virus in decades if security 
was the issue.

Then I got to thinking _why_ (to my knowledge) I haven't had a virus in 
decades, and I don't really know why, particularly since I install hundreds 
of freeware apps and therefore consider myself a freeware junkie.

Maybe Windows Defender actually works? 
o Dunno.

I never thought about it all that much, so this question comes to mind to 
ask you, whether your _sole_ AV/security program is Windows Defender.

Is it?

Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole 
security/av protection?
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Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection?  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2020-08-30 20:03 +0000
  Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? boB <boB@K7IQ.com> - 2020-08-31 00:12 -0700
  Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> - 2020-08-31 22:09 +1200
    Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2020-08-31 14:28 +0000
      Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> - 2020-09-01 12:59 +1200
        Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 07:05 +0000
  Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? MajorLanGod <lonelydad58@gmail.com> - 2020-09-01 17:56 +0000
    Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz> - 2020-09-02 14:41 +1200
      Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-09-02 00:54 -0400
        Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? "wasbit" <wasbitremove@hotmail.com> - 2020-09-03 09:39 +0100
      Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-09-02 08:10 -0700
        Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-09-02 11:54 -0400
          Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-09-02 11:21 -0700
            Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-09-02 17:49 -0400
              Re: Do you use the native default Windows 10 Windows Defender as your sole security/av protection? Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-09-02 16:52 -0700

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