Let’s Chat: With or Without an Antivirus in Windows 10?

There’s a lot of controversy online these days as to whether a third-party antivirus is still needed to keep our computers on the safe side.

First, there are antivirus vendors and security institutes who claim that third-party antivirus is still a must-have despite the improvements that Microsoft implemented in Windows 10. Furthermore, independent test labs showed that Windows Defender still provide weaker security than third-party products, as it still lacks some features such as online banking protection and shopping scanners.

On the other hand, there’s Microsoft, who claims that Windows Defender is a grown-up antivirus capable of offering full protection to a Windows system.

The software giant is also pointing to the upcoming Creators Update due in April, revealing that Windows Defender would become Windows Defender Security...