Is a third-party antivirus still required on Windows 10?

Starting with the launch of Windows 8 back in 2012, Microsoft’s offering its desktop operating system with a pre-installed antivirus solution called Windows Defender and based on an older security product known as Security Essentials.

Since the release of Windows 10, however, Windows Defender has evolved substantially. So substantially that it’s now the antivirus of choice for many users out there who no longer feel the need for thir

Shadow Defender :
Shadow Defender is an easy-to-use security solution (for Windows operating systems) that protects your PC/laptop real environment against malicious activities and unwanted changes.

Shadow Defender can run your system in a virtual environment called 'Shadow Mode'. 'Shadow Mode' redirects each system change to a virtual environment with no change to your real environment. If you experience malicious activities and/or unwanted changes, perform a reboot to restore your system back

Utility for configuring Windows 10 built-in Defender antivirus settings. It is a portable utility.

Warning! Setting SmartScreen to Block via ConfigureDefender may prevent updating ConfigureDefender to the new version. This can happen, for example, when using MAX Protection Level. It is recommended to change SmartScreen settings to 'Warn' before making an update, or change the Protection Level to HIGH. It is also possible to unblock the executable and force SmartScreen to ignore it. Just do a

1. Open PowerShell With Admin Rights.

(Enable Windows Defender PUA protection)
Set-MpPreference -PUAProtection 1
or
Set-MpPreference -PUAProtection Enabled

OR

(Audit Mode - will detect PUAs, but will not block them)
Set-MpPreference -PUAProtection 2
or
Set-MpPreference -PUAProtection AuditMode

After many search on the web and a lot of trying and failing, the best way I have found is to use the free Apps "Defender Control" by "Sordum.org".


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Win10 Tweaker:

[code]

@echo off & Title Windows 10 Tweaker & color 17
:: ----------------------------------------------------------
echo          Get Admin Privilege
:: ----------------------------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (    echo Requesting administrative privileges...    goto UACPrompt) else ( goto g