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1. WINDOWS DEFENDER AND NORTON INTERNET SECURITY FOR MAC
2. WINDOWS DEFENDER AND NORTON INTERNET SECURITY WINDOWS 10

Choosing any antivirus software first involves figuring out what you need. That seems like an evasive answer, but it's not. Ultimately, deciding on whether Microsoft Defender Antivirus is good enough depends on you. Some also toss in identity theft protection services, VPNs, backup software and cloud storage.

WINDOWS DEFENDER AND NORTON INTERNET SECURITY FOR MAC

If you have a multi-platform household and are willing to spend a bit more, you can shell out for one of the best internet security suites, which bundle in antivirus software for Mac and Android devices and generally come with parental controls and password managers as well. You don't need to spend a lot, or even anything at all - one of the most impressive antivirus programs we've seen is Kaspersky Security Cloud Free. That third-party antivirus program will protect all browsers equally well, and detect threats in all kinds of applications, not just Microsoft's.

WINDOWS DEFENDER AND NORTON INTERNET SECURITY WINDOWS 10

If you're comfortable with all this - and in our experience, Edge is lighter and faster than Chrome - then Microsoft Defender Antivirus and the related protections built into Windows 10 and 11 should absolutely be good enough to protect you from malware infection, and give you a few useful extra security features as well.īut if you'd rather use Chrome or Firefox, Slack or Zoom, Google Workspace or LibreOffice instead of the corresponding Microsoft products, then it would be best to get one of the best Windows 10 (and 11) antivirus programs. You can also put Microsoft Family Safety apps (opens in new tab) on your kids' Android and iOS devices, but that requires a paid subscription to Microsoft Office 365.

Microsoft does have browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox, but they're limited to machines running the Pro, Enterprise or Education versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11.įor the parental controls to work properly, your kids have to use Edge, and no other browser, on Windows. (To be fair, the protections on Chrome and Firefox are pretty good on their own.) As a result, if your Chrome or Firefox browser stumbles across a malicious website, you'll have to rely upon the browser's own protection, not Microsoft's.