Windows Defender Is the Best Windows 10 Antivirus

[SirLouen]

Antivirus are a two sided sword: they are constantly showing false positives (specially for software cracks) so from the moment you open them, you are in risk.
Personally I prefer the file monitors which scan changes in the system. If you open the file and the crack do more changes than expected then it's clear that there is a virus and where is the virus. With linux and software like inotify this is a piece of cake, but with Windows, it's slightly worse to track it but doable.

[Sweet_Jenkins]

I personally find Windows Defender very annoying and kind of bloated. Most of its features are not very useful according to me. I may be wrong but even its interface is kind of confusing. An anti-virus which ships with every OS should be at least easy to navigate.

[bituhitman11]

The best antivirus so far used by me is Quickheal.

[AdobeWall]

Since a couple of years, 'ive been only using windows defender and never had any security incident.

[gzeff]

so far it's a good free antivirus

[GeorgeCostanza]

i haven't used any security applications since the early 2000s, ha

i always found them to be intrusive resource hogs, so i got in the habit of always removing them from my OS

i've successfully avoided viruses since then by just knowing what NOTto click on,
and using adblock extensions

99% of the time my friends/family complain about "viruses" it's simply an issue of slow, outdated hardware that they refuse to update

[kk136]

True. Havent Used any other antivirus other than defender for a while now

[Lonepoly]

Yep.
Other antivirus softwares tend to inject ads to my OS and bother my normal workspace.

[boxesofkittens]

Best antivirus is common sense and using uBlock Origin (helps with any popup or redirects that would occur on a torrent size) in my opinion. I use Avast though (strictly with the silent mode on) just to be one the safe side, but if you are concerned about any program you should just try a virtual machine (I think Microsoft itself has some official virtual environment you can get from their site) or use a program like Sandboxy.

[dkopsieker]

Ive always liked Vipre AV.  been using it for years. Also use it in my business. WD does a pretty good job though.