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Ah, Windows Defender – now known as Windows Security – in such a competitive, free, and premium antivirus market, I’m here to answer a highly sought-after question:

Is Windows Defender good enough for Windows 11?

In this video, I will do thorough malware testing, and pit Windows Defender against some other supposedly “best free antivirus” competitors.

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Windows Defender VS TotalAV VS Bitdefender

All antivirus providers have solid reputations. When it comes to general activities, the basics are there, like device scanning. A huge consideration for me is real-time protection, which all providers have for free, excluding TotalAV’s free plan. Real-time protection is absolutely vital, making sure that your antivirus doesn’t just remove threats that are already on your system but protects day-in and day-out. On the topic of additional protection, TotalAv is lacking another important part of the puzzle, additional ransomware protection. Did you know that the global total of ransomware attacks in the first four months of this year, matched half of last year’s whole total? That’s mad, and that’s why good protection is more important than ever. Windows Defender and Bitdefender free both have a stripped-back version of this.

In terms of security, I will say Windows Defender does have a bit more to offer here, with a firewall, isolated browser, and even parental controls. Whilst there isn’t much difference between Windows 10 and 11 versions, the latter has an additional feature – to see protection history.
Also to use some features you have to sign in to Microsoft account. This is super annoying, and for privacy-focused users, might be a put-off.

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Does Windows Defender has good enough security?

Now, starting with the Windows Defender test, on Windows 10, I will say here is where you get the best firewall, it blocked all malware I tried to download so I actually had to disable it for the test. Having said that, when using Windows 11 I found this feature completely useless, I was able to download zero-day threats, despite this being enabled. Alarmingly, when I did a full scan, not a single piece of planted malware was detected, with Windows 10 or 11 versions. Hardly the best free antivirus 2022 option, wouldn’t you agree?

Surprisingly, TotalAV for Windows 11 found all 10 threats, which is surprising because there’s no firewall or real-time protection. Compared to the other two, this provider has the fastest quick scans; under a minute. And the full scan was speedy too, around 5 minutes. Good going, but my average CPU load here wasn’t terrible but also wasn’t the best, with an 86% average.

Here’s where Bitdefender for Windows 11 really surprised me. Not only did they use fewer system resources than both providers, averaging 75% CPU usage. The full scan also took the same amount of time as Windows Defender, yet, caught more threats – 8/10 planted zero-day malware was detected.

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00:00 Intro
0:39 Windows Defender vs Bitdefender vs TotalAV
1:30 Antiviruses Security Features comparison
3:14 Windows Defender malware test
4:28 TotalAV malware test
5:05 Bitdefender vs Malware
5:25 Summing up malware test results
6:55 Ease of use
8:14 Should you invest in a premium antivirus?
9:12 Conclusion
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