Hi Windows folks. I’m setting up a new laptop for a family member and it’ll have to be Windows 11. The salesperson at the store obviously wanted to upsell us their security software, but I told him we’d just use Defender.

Is that still the go-to? Back in the day I used Malwarebytes, is that any good these days?

Any other debloat tips for Windows I might want to know? Thanks gang!

  • Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    26 days ago

    Yeah, Defender is good. I would also install an adblocker (uBlock Origin or uBlock Lite) if that family member is technologically competent enough for you to tell them “if a website ever doesn’t work, click here to turn this off”.

    Malware Bytes free is never a bad idea, again only if you think this person can figure out how to manually run a full scan periodically. I always run a full scan with it if I’m trying to clear ad-ware off someone’s PC and I want a second opinion in addition to Defender.