[quickslowdown]

Personally, I run Windows Pro specifically so I can disable antivirus. I run occasional (weekly) scans, and every now and then (maybe once a month) add a Malwarebytes scan into the mix. Built-in AV is plenty, and in my experience needs tuned so it's not as aggressive.

[snapplebobapple]

ahh, you don't have enough olds or youngs on your support list, lol. Crowdstrike has saved me at work numerous times from the over 55 crowd's inability to comprehend basic security practices and not having it at home has meant a few times completely wiping windows and restarting for my under 15 nieces and nephews.

[quickslowdown]

I'm only talking about my personal machine here, we have Palo Alto at work (a forced downgrade from Sophos), but at home AV only gets in the way for me, so I opt to disable real time protection and just run scans regularly on my own.

[t-writescode]

BitDefender has saved *me* from misclicks, even. No one is perfect and it's not really much of a tax on my system at all, in my experience.

I'm still happy to use good antiviruses, honestly.

[quickslowdown]

That makes sense, and I'm not trying to say AV is useless, only that I personally am not willing to make the "performance hit for security" that comes with AV products. My machine is likely powerful enough to allow real time protection, but my history of low power machines has made it more of a force of habit to just shut it off completely.