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Is Windows Defender Good Enough? - YouTube
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remember when norton mcafee and webroot
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ruled the world and we were all buying
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separate anti-virus security suites for
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our computers
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these days many of us have forgotten
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about these products and instead just
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opt for the built-in protection offered
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by windows defender now called windows
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security yet paid anti-malware software
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still exists
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so is there any reason to actually shell
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out money for it these days
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to answer let's explore what windows
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security does and does not do and we'd
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like to give a big thank you to our
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friends at hp wolf security for
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sponsoring this video so it used to be
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that the protection built into windows
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was relatively bare bones but these days
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window security is a fairly
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comprehensive solution most tech
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reviewers have noticed that windows
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security does a pretty good job of
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detecting stopping and quarantining the
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usual viruses and malware with multiple
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sites ranking it higher than quite a few
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paid options both in terms of how many
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pieces of malicious code it stops as
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well as having a low number of false
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positives windows security uses two
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common strategies to accomplish this
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high success rate the first is by
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examining signatures against a database
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microsoft publishes definition updates
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for windows pcs multiple times a day
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with signatures for newly found malware
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and then windows security downloads
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these and compares them to possible
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threats the second strategy is the use
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of heuristics analysis of program
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behavior without using specific
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definitions or signatures this way if a
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zero-day or undiscovered threat makes
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its way onto your system and behaves
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suspiciously windows security can block
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it even if it's never been seen before
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this is a pretty powerful one-two punch
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for most home users but it does still
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have its limitations one is that windows
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security tends to rely somewhat heavily
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on being able to connect to microsoft
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servers and access malware data stored
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in the cloud a recent av comparables
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test noted that windows security only
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detected around two-thirds of threats
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when its internet connection was lost
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which lagged behind most paid
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competitors which tend to store more of
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the resources they need locally
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of course most of us are online
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consistently these days but it's
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something to think about if
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say a piece of malware you've
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unwittingly downloaded decides to act up
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when you're not connected to the
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internet like when you're on a plane for
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example more advanced paid software
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might also be less dependent on a
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signature database and more dependent on
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cloud ai to more robustly prevent
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against new and evolving threats indeed
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this has helped some of windows
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defenders competitors who slightly
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outperform it in terms of detection
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rates and some paid services do throw in
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extra features such as including a vpn
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service monitoring your home network for
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vulnerabilities or providing alerts when
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one of your accounts or passwords is
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involved in a data breach but while
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these might not sound like compelling
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reasons to pay for security software at
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home moving away from relying on just
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windows security might be a good idea
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for businesses and organizations who
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have to secure lots of computers at once
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and might not be able to ensure their
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employees are always following best
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practices
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this approach is commonly called
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endpoint security since it involves
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robustly protecting user facing
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endpoints which have historically gotten
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weaker protection than servers endpoint
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security is being provided by a growing
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number of companies these days such as
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crowdstrike hp wolf security sentinel
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one fireeye and even microsoft it
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typically not only includes the usual
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antivirus and anti-malware functions but
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advanced features like automatically
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restoring a system's bios if it gets
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attacked more deeply examining files to
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detect malicious code sandboxing
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processes in memory so malware can't
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spread other parts of the system keeping
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the security software running with a
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hardware controller even if the
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operating system is compromised and
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allowing for easy remote management so
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if you have a bunch of computers you're
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trying to keep on lockdown or if you
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need extra security for data that you
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just can't afford to lose it might be
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worth investing in a security solution
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you actually pay for
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otherwise rolling with windows defender
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is probably fine just be careful what
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you click on as nobody legitimate is
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going to offer you tech support through
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a shady looking web page riddled with
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spelling errors thanks again to hp wolf
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hit by an attack hp wolfe security is
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pre-installed at the factory you don't
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need extra i.t resources you don't need
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aftermarket antivirus and you don't even
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need to update your definitions thanks
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to the powerful built in ai you don't
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even have to be connected to the
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internet to detect and deal with threats
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even ransomware hp wolf pro security
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also features a hardware endpoint
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controller on the motherboard itself
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which enforces protection the controller
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ensures your system is secure by keeping
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antivirus firewall and other critical
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functions running properly even if your
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operating system is attacked and it even
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provides hardware and force secure web
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browsing and if the worst does happen
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and your data gets corrupted never fear
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because hp wolfe pro security also
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businesses that need endpoint security
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it out today at the link in the video
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