Decent free antivirus?

[Bill_Bright]

No I consider you a shill for Microsoft. Your sig shows that you're a "MS-MVP" so of course you are going to have a bias(forced or otherwise) for a Microsoft product.

That's because you obviously don't understand the MVP program. If I were a shill for MS, why would I risk my MVP status by calling many of their decisions and policies "misguided" as I did in Post #167 above?

I put that link and info in my sig so others can see I might have some clue what I am talking about - instead of just expecting everyone to believe me just because I said it.

Thats not how you do business, I prefer to run my business as truthfully as possible, yes it might be "good for business"

There might some confusion here. I agree 100% - that's no way to run a shop. What I meant was, several years ago, most of our business was cleaning infected computers. But that is not the case these days because modern versions of Windows, in particular, Windows 10 (if users don't dink with the defaults) are more secure. So are browsers, which is a significant point to remember too.

I tell people, just as I have many times on this site, that I don't care what security solution they use - just use one AND keep it and Windows current. And don't be "click happy".

Contrary to what some may think, I do not promote WD. But I will defend it from those who make false claims about it. It is not junk. Is the best out there? NO! I NEVER said it was. But we don't need the best to remain safe. As I have also said many times on this site, we don't need to drive around in an Abrams Tank to be safe. We need to have a fairly current car, keep it properly updated, and drive defensively.

That's a power-user setting and difficult to find, especially in Windows 10. No normal user is going to find it. Those settings need to be in the common controls. Your example is a perfect reason why other AV/AM suites are better for the general public.

Nah! More bullfeathers. It is not a power user setting. It is easily found in Control Panel. No special learning curve needed - as is needed with every 3rd party solution out there!

WD is like any program - once you get used to it, it is easy. The difference here is WD already uses many of Windows UIs that people are already familiar with.

And the default is 2am when the vast majority of users are asleep. So the vast majority of users will never need to change it. But if they want to, Google makes it easy to figure out how if they don't know by now what Window Control Panel is, or how to type "change maintenance

Actually, you are wrong. Windows Defender was included by default starting with Windows Vista.

And as I said above, that Windows Defender was NOT the anti-malware product, but the anti-spyware only product. But confusion over the names happened because of "misguided" decisions at Microsoft.