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>>mconle+(OP)
I've experienced a bug related to the on-disk real-time scanning of Windows Defender, but instead with 100% disk bandwidth usage for unreasonable amounts of time.

I purchased a license of a proper antivirus software to avoid that bug and the performance issues gone away.

When you install another AV software, Windows Defender steps down and leaves scanning to the 3rd-party security solution. I selected one of the most lightweight ones I could find. It has been a net win for me.

One shouldn't need to do this, but it has worked so far, for years now.

>>ivanmo+za
> I purchased a license of a proper antivirus software

Which is that? For years (and come to think of it, this goes back to the 2000's or even 90's), AV / antimalware software comes across as scareware, using tricks to ensure you're afraid of not having it.

And second, who here has ever had a virus in the past ten years?

>>Cthulh+Gd
Indeed, I wouldn't install anything from McAfee if you paid me too, given the way it automatically installs itself along with various other unrelated applications and the number of phishing emails claiming to be from McAfee (which presumably exist because their creator is aware of how often McAfee itself pushes similar messages out).

I can't actually remember the last time any anti-malware software (built-in or otherwise) actually detected anything like a traditional virus, but there are plenty of computer users who are rather more trusting of links (including ones that download executables) in emails and the like. I don't doubt if I used a machine with all protection turned off and with the level of caution of a typical non-technical user it'd be hit with malware sooner or later. Most likely a browser plugin capable of reading passwords as I type them etc.