It simply always runs in the background, taking a minimal amount of hardware resources. To provide the best security possible, this app is automatically configured to perform its duty as best as possible, not demanding from users any permissions, activations, configurations, or any other input. To stay ahead of the ingenious attempts of the hacker community, Microsoft Defender Offline 64 bit is built to always run in the background of your PC and update itself with the latest “definition” upgrades that can tell it how to recognize all forms of malicious software. Its primary purpose is to observe the activated applications for malicious behavior and monitor all the files present on your local storage, portable storage accessories, and the files that are being downloaded from the internet.īy monitoring all your interactions with local and remote files, and especially with executable applications, Windows Defenders serves each user of Windows OS as the first line of defense against the malicious software that can invade your privacy, steal your private, work and sensitive data, corrupt your OS or even lead to a total lockdown of OS capabilities. No matter how careful you are online, it’s unlikely that you can avoid every single misleading link, phishing scheme, malicious popup and hidden malvertisement that comes your way, and an AV suite is much cheaper than losing all your files.Windows Defender is a comprehensive security utility built and maintained directly by Microsoft Corporation, the creators of the Windows operating system. Whichever program you choose, just be sure you protect your system somehow. However, MSE, which can be downloaded for Windows 7 and Windows Vista here (opens in new tab), did better than each in the malware-protection sector. Every program scored at least a 10 across the board, which earns it an AV-TEST Certification and (at least tentative) recommendation. In fact, even if you have the three lowest-ranking programs, you're probably still protected pretty well. If you have any of these programs, you probably don't need to worry much about your system's security. Credit: Microsoft)Īside from Microsoft, all the other programs tested fell between 16.5 and 14.5: AhnLab V3 Internet Security, Avast Free Antivirus, AVG Internet Security, Avira Antivirus Pro, BullGuard Internet Security, ESET Internet Security, G Data InternetSecurity, K7 Computing Total Security and ThreatTrack VIPRE Internet Security Pro.
(Image credit: The home screen of Microsoft Security Essentials.
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