Windows Defender has slipped a bit in how good it is at catching 
viruses, but IMHO, it's still good enough, especially when combined with 
some common sense, plus it's accessible and doesn't degrade overall 
system performance.

On 01/26/2015 11:21 AM, Ana G wrote:
> Gary,
>
> My experience is that Windows Defender does a good job with Windows
> 8/8.1. I collect student work as email attachments, and haven't had any
> issues with viruses or with computer weirdness that may be due to
> viruses. I also download from the web often though I don't do torrents
> or a lot of other things that are in vogue.
>
> Ciao
>
>
> On 1/25/2015 1:26 PM, gary melconian wrote:
>> Ana how good is the antivirus that comes with windows 8.1. is it worth
>> getting a third party antivirus for Windows 8.1 and going forward with
>> windows 10.
>>
>
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