I am under the impression that the best antivirus programs that work without account is Eset and Kaspersky.

Is there is a better solutions?

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Windows defender?

Seriously you don’t need anything else, it’s really lightweight and Microsoft uses it to enhance their paid for corporate offerings. Anything more is just expensive bloatware for 99.9% of users.

Edit: Kaspersky has been banned in several countries because it may be a Russian Trojan program.

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Windows Defender, AV’s pretty much need to hook into the kernel to do the job. This can be problematic with third party ones as they’re just not as tightly integrated with and developed alongside Windows itself…as we’ve seen with the crowdstrike 2K24 incident lol

And Windows Defender is actually pretty good, MS has put good effort and investment into it.

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CrowdStrike haha But really just use Defender

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Oh yeah, giving a Russian software system wide permissions is definitely a good idea. Edit: Poor angry Tankies.

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So, what is your answer to the original question?

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A well up to date windows defender.

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I don’t use Windows.

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Native defender is good enough. Alternatives exist but aren’t worth it until your business meds require it.

Your money would be better spent on a good backup solution.

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