

I feel like it has its tentacles too deeply integrated into the OS and what will end up happening is I have one AV solution running while MS is still running at least some of its processes alongside it.Īh I gotcha, thank you. I certainly wouldn't mind trying out another AV solution, I just have a hard time believing MS defender will actually stop running.

Or, in my experience with MS defender, it is buggy and decides to continually scan its own directory or executable and does in fact have a directly negative impact on system resources. With that said, I'm assuming that most AV solutions today *shouldn't* be using system resources in that manner unless they are running a full system scan, which they shouldn't be doing anyhow while a user is actively engaged. I mean, it would make sense to still factor in direct CPU/RAM burden that an AV program has on a system because while it may appear to be "speedy" or having little impact on tasks such as web browsing, opening files, installing applications (all things this comparison is looking at), if it's hogging resources and you have other programs needing those resources then this will have a direct impact on my experience.
