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Switched from free AV to a paid one and saw the difference in a week
I was using the built-in Windows Defender for years and thought it was fine, but after a sketchy download flagged by Malwarebytes trial I ran, I paid for the full version. Within 7 days it caught 3 tracking cookies Defender missed and blocked a phishing link in an email. Anyone else notice a big gap between free and paid antivirus after making the switch?
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derek9392d ago
Nah, Defender's been fine for me for years and your paid AV is just bloated spyware in disguise.
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Ran into the same thing myself actually. Defender is decent for basic stuff but it really does miss the sneaky things like tracking scripts and those tricky phishing links. Paid AV usually has way better behavior detection that catches stuff before it even hits your drive. The cookie blocking alone saved me from having to clear my browser cache every other day. Just make sure you turn off the extra bloatware features in the paid version, you really just want the real time scanning and web protection.
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