Windows defender and windows firewall-good enough protection?

martin57

Hello folks,

I'm tryinmg to troubleshoot my windows 8 installation which freezes just after startup and when I restart the computer the windows freezes and is worse than ever, so I have to reload my acronis image copy.

Trying to get rid of as many of the startup programs like comodo firewall and AVG.

Will windows defender and windows 8 inbuilt firewall be good enough protection-do you think as regards stopping virus and firewall protection?

Thanks very much for any advice.

Martin57

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ok ish, certainly lighter than what you had, but avast free and malwarebytes free (for on demand scans) is better imo

waddler_8

In Win 8 Windows Defender is a re-branded version of Microsoft Security Essentials - much different to the previous versions of Defender for Win 7, Vista etc.

It will provide good enough protection, at least whilst you troubleshoot the freezing issue - then you can install a 3rd party alternative if you wish.

Trying to get rid of as many of the startup programs like comodo firewall and AVG

I take it Windows Defender was disabled whilst these were installed?