Is windows defender good enough?

DunyaKingdom

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I was wondering how much can I trust on windows defender (w10). I know that the best protection you can get is from yourself, knowing what kind of stuff are you downloading etc.

I got 8GB more a week ago (G.Skill and i5-4690k) and as far as I know, AV only uses RAM and CPU, so I would like to use a reliable and free AV if possible, sometimes I'm very paranoid. I'm not sure if Windows Defender is good enough, I was thinking to use Comodo but I read that it is really hard to use, and I didn't had very good experiences with Norton, maybe Panda Cloud?

What do you guys think about windows defender or other free possibilities?
 

Archaic59

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No. Leave windows firewall running. Firewall allows connections / info to pass (or not) through a network or computer. AV looks for exploits of a normal program to run malware or virus.