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Solved Does Laptop need more than Windows Defender

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Kiredoryor

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I've just got an HP ENVY 15-as002na laptop and get messages from McAffe Livesafe, installed on the machine, that it is at risk if I don't subscribe. However the Windows Defender assures me it's fully protected. On my previous (old) PC I had 360 Total Security that seemed to work OK.
Can you advise if the Windows Defender is sufficient or whether I need something else as well.
 
Windows Defender in Windows 8/8.1/ 10 is fine. On other versions of Windows it is next to useless.

I'd also add a malware detector. Ordinarily I'd say malwarebytes but v 3, the current version has issues. Version 2 will be supported until sometime in June so I'm not updating it.
If you can find a download for v 2, install that also.
 
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