Windows Defender vs Top 100 Malware Sites

[@sravankumar7880]

It's Amazing to see how windows defender became better overtime.. someday it might become so perfect so that we don't have to look for an alternate antivirus anymore

[@mwaurelius1]

And, on that day, pigs will fly

[@XVIravenIVX]

On that day it will become a paid product. It will be a required add-on for your cloud desktop. So even you can browse the Internet for $49.99 a month *internet service not provided* *cloud desktop internet add-on required as well*

[@Trustmebro091]

Agreed! Then there is also the fact there are third party tools that make it even better, more configurable, and harder to bypass like DefenderUI. Still no SentinelOne or PA Cortex competitor, but not bad at all for the normal consumer esp when coupled with third party tools!

[@evilleader1991]

I love Kaspersky, it doesnt use a lot of resources, has excellent detection of virus/malware, protects me from visiting shady websites, gives me a secure way to pay when doing online shopping, notifies me when an app uses microphone/webcam and also has VPN. Best bang for the buck imo

[@sebastiangonzales46]

Its a cat and mouse game, Viruses will also get better then Defender will adjust

[@jabezhane]

All I can say as a IT Support guy since 2007, is that till Windows 8/8.1 appeared with Defender built in, I was doing 3-4 malware cleans/rebuilds a week. Since then with 10 and 11, it's now 3-4 a year and most of those are just adware or a sanity check to delete a legit remote app off a laptop some guy from India made them install. I actually get more 'virus' calls from Apple users now. Unchecky is a handy little tool for keeping stuff clean.

[@saint3106]

Unchecky rules.

[@kingiument4627]

Thats the funny thing apple is about to have a ton of virus issues and security breaches because theyre being forced to support sideloading and any unauthorized apps. Apple has pretty much no antivirus they just cock block you from doing things to get viruses which hurts everyone.

[@Stelomat]

im in the Business 23 years now and i see it similar. since win 7 it got alot better 10/11 different worlds. So anybody can hate microsoft but they actually seem to tackle those kind of problems now.

[@TriMarko]

Yep same, I work in a SOC and Defender is now the main antivirus used on windows devices. Way back when it used to be Sophos or Mcafee that was installed on every device, but not anymore

[@TheOzzyOzan]

@jabezhane what tool can you recommend we use to scan our system monthly?

[@_adielj]

Imagine being infected with 100 different viruses and your inmune system blocks 99% of it, that is how powerfull windows defender is becoming.

[@MiesvanderLippe]

That’s why it is important to click on links in phishing mails etc. This will help maintain the immunity of the system.

[@ferdinand.keller]

I don’t believe in Windows Defender, in my time people used to get viruses and everyone was okay with it. Windows Defender is the thing that kills your computer. I don’t want their program full of microchips on my computer.

[@JC-Alan]

@@MiesvanderLippelol

[@w1z4rd9]

Only if you opt-in diagnostics.

[@EmiWi]

@@MiesvanderLippe It's more like cloud immunity, if someone else got infected then the entire system is immune. If anything it's like getting infected and never fully recovering from the damage.

[@JackPlatt]

What I like about Windows Defender on Windows 10 and 11, is you don't have to do anything! It goes to work, keeps its mouth shut, runs in the background, only alerts you when needed, and doesn't slow down your PC. If you are carful online, Windows Defender is all that you need. Additionally all the modern brosers have smart screen and download scanning built in, so that really helps!

[@nicholasneyhart396]

I do also use malwarebytes, but that is mostly as an ad block.

[@operator8014]

Keeping its mouth shut is such a big selling point.

[@neildees1761]

@@operator8014 Which is unlike literally every other windows programs.

[@indrawa5343]

But it fry 4gb ram user 😢

[@m.grayson]

I’m glad you did this test. You’re right there’s a lot of guys on Reddit who have a lot of opinions, but never seen tests of what Windows Defender can do.

[@teknologyguy5638]

Would like to see you do the included Windows Defender vs the Paid Microsoft Defender version that is now available with O365 vs something like Malwarebytes across a larger sample base, should be interesting.

[@Peytonwatson14]

Very interesting. I would love to see this

[@beaujeste]

I was actually wondering if this was Windows Security (free w/ Windows) or Microsoft Defender (w/ Microsoft 365 subscription). As I understand it, there’s no such thing as Windows Defender any more-Microsoft’s product names are very confusing, same with the Surface line-up!

[@Peytonwatson14]

@@beaujeste I didn’t know that. So I’m not really sure

[@J_KM654]

@@beaujeste Judging by 3:52, I assume that it is Windows Security, not the paid Microsoft Defender. But I too am curious to see what difference there is between the two.

[@Joolian.r]

There is now defender for endpoint which is 1 of the paid options, they also have Microsoft Sentinel and also defender for o365. I might be missing one other

[@selenerojas9312]

I really like this kind of videos. It gives a clear understanding of why is it so important to have cybersecurity.

[@xBintu]

it shows why it's important to act secure rather than trust an antivirus which tries to make up for your mistakes ...

[@exe9790]

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[@Sitharii]

AT LAST .... the channel returned to its originalform(*antivirus Vs malware tests) ,which was the main reason for me being subscribed in the first place !!

[@AkatGamer]

The detections were in line with what I expected! Windows defender is so good nowadays and the important thing is that it is not heavy on the system.

[@goudagaxmunster]

So nobody is talking about the fact that the like button is shining when he said "please like and share this video" at 7:47

[@poprobotanims]

didn't expect these results, windows defender is truly improving!

[@FreeRobux712]

the only thing that is improving is your obesity.

[@PSXman9]

would like to see a full Windows Defender vs. Ransomware/Malware and everything in between. but not in a VM but in a real system with HVCI.

[@raylopez99]

A lot of work and what's the difference? Unless the experiment is to see if there's any difference.

[@PSXman9]

@@raylopez99 because hvci does not work in a VM but is the only real security feature difference between a stock w10 and w11 installation.l

[@imranhq13]

​@@PSXman9what is hvci?

[@Trustmebro091]

This is the big question, modern ransomware strains are very effective at bypassing unmanaged Defender and it would be interesting to see if this is the case on the up-to-date version on Windows 11.

[@PSXman9]

@@imranhq13 "Hypervisor-Protected Code Integrity (HVCI) is a Windows security feature that uses virtualization to isolate the Code Integrity (CI) decision-making function from the rest of the Windows operating system. This makes it more difficult for attackers to tamper with the CI function and load malicious code into the kernel." and exactly this does not work in his tests since he's already is inside a VM.

[@NomadOutdoorAdventures]

Thank you for doing these types of videos. I generally don’t leave comments, but I do value your opinion and your testing. I have always ran a third-party antivirus program such as bit defender, and even that has failed me over the years with info stealers a few years ago I got hit with an info stealer, and just like you said I lost my KZbin channel took me a long time to get it back

[@GreeKing83]

I would also add if you are using Office 365, it comes with Microsoft 365 Defender, which is a unified enterprise defense suite with advanced capabilities. For example, it proactively hunts for threats, has identity threat protection, dark web monitoring, prevents cross-domain attacks, etc.

[@kateiniv]

Fun fact (00:30): In 2013, the latest version of Windows was Windows 8, which already featured Windows Defender. WD was initially released as a standalone application for Windows XP in 2006 before being directly integrated within the release of Windows Vista

[@dave2059]

This is the first time I have come across your channel. I "liked" and 'Subscribed" and I do not subscribe to very many channels. I just want to make sure I don't lose track of this channel. Beautiful presentation. I like that you "show your work" instead of just talking about, makes it much more credible and believable. 🙂

[@ridley674]

I'm really liking defender more and more. Considering I am a sole infrastructure engineer and the business is wanting to use bitdefender mainly, i think potentially having the both of these helps alot from a cloud protection and local.

[@marcuspvxea]

As someone who spent years using bit defender, you have tons of better alternatives. It actually were worse at handling viruses than Defender have been for me

[@underscoreDervish]

As someone who uses Bitdefender daily, I hope you never need to.

[@blackoutgstar9949]

well your job title sounds good anyone knows you can't run 2 different anti-virus one will shut the other off your company needs a new infrastructure engineer if you don't know that

[@ridley674]

@@blackoutgstar9949 you obviously haven't experienced the real life from behind a keyboard, so I'll let that slide and hope you the best in a sad life of negativity.

[@ridley674]

@hunterzone4846 not that I didn't know these would clash if ran locally as such but I did say from a local and cloud pov. So what I responded to him with was totally reasonable considering he has no clue of what others know.

[@Quintonieum]

Frankly it really is great to see windows defender doing better over the years. With supply chain issues becoming a greater concern with 3rd party software solutions, having good first party support for viruses, etc is good.

[@PAIN-ot4cj]

Great content! You guys should make a whole series testing all the antivirus on the market like this I’m curious on how my bitfender would hold up and I bet a lot of people are wondering the same about the antivirus they use.

[@Sapious1]

Appreciate your time and sharing the results of this test.

[@fetzie23]

TBH I've had so many problems with third party antivirus software breaking things like Windows updates or false-positive blocks (like once the windows logon service got blocked) that I just run Defender now.

[@nobrainnogame4320]

Windows defender might be the most powerful antivirus on the market right now, assuming that you have enabled cloud analysis and the automatic sample submission, it's incredibly aggressive and is quick on the uptake when facing new/unknown malware.

[@markkeith7122]

Just after fiber connection I installed a Tz 470 SonicWALL then I run defender on all machines on the other side of the SonicWALL in-house which gives better protection than Malwarebytes did installed independently on each computer. Haven't had one problem since installation of these above mentioned items. Thanks for the review you guys are great!

[@johnsbirthdayinapril4197]

Great video, very informative! I am not an IT guy or a big computer guy, but I have never trusted windows defender to actually protect my computer, and came into this video not expecting much. But I am glad to see it is actually getting better, I am definitely going to stick with current anti-malware suite, but maybe with my next computer (if defender continues to improve), I won't feel the need to replace it!

[@ky-jen]

Great video. Really appreciate seeing some testing I can point people to. I agree base defender absolutely fine for the average user. Enterprises environments should have an XDR solution.

[@Lukebarca]

I have just used Windows Defender for the past few years. Defender had gotten much better recently and I'm not sure if it is worth the price and memory usage of premium AV.

[@WesterDrive]

I love Malwarebytes, I've been using them in my personal environment for years. At work, we only run Windows Defender (it's free). I'm perfectly happy with the security it provides,

[@jtnachos16]

For a reasonably internet-capable individual, Defender on it's own is 'good enough'. If you aren't certain, get Malwarebytes as a free user and anytime you have a feeling, run a scan. No AV can detect EVERYTHING. While a malwarebytes scan might not catch it before damage is done, it CAN catch it fast enough for you to mitigate damage of most types. The kinds of things that can brute force Defender are just as likely to brute force any given other active protection.

[@brianbaraka4563]

THANKS FOR SHARING! Hjghly needed this as I am currently considering to use defender instead of third party anti-malware.

[@ardisian]

Yessss, would love to see video's comparing the popular AV's.

[@malte200900]

We have been using Heimdal at our company for a while now, and we really love it :)

[@RedPorch]

I can't be the only one that remembers Windows defender coming out with windows 2007 (more than 10 years ago)

[@santitabnavascues8673]

I would like to see a Linux distribution under the same circumstances. A random Linux distribution and user vs. 100 malware sites.

[@sluglife9785]

This evolution totally passed me by. So thanks for enlightening me.

[@A42yearoldARAB]

I am an IT professional and even I keep a good product like BD on my personal systems. Never know who's going to do what with your system and sometimes I like to get careless with gaming mods, try out different ai stuff etc. Not so much cracked software, but you do download alot of stuff from here and there to get some of that stuff going. It only takes a split second after one of those info stealers execute to steal your session cookies and you have lost everything. Those types of links need to be blocked before you can even visit them like we saw with Malwarebytes here. That said, Windows defender is much better than nothing as you said. There are plenty of people who don't know anything about this stuff and never install any protection for the life of their systems, it is good to have that built in and running by default. Side note, many malware programs do target and successfully disable it as apart of their infection. I have seen this cause chaos in an enterprise environment multiple times because all they had was Windows defender and ended up with trickbot spreading everywhere.

[@se.ee.n]

It's nice to see how Windows Defender became so much better because i really don't want to download any third-party anti virus cuz some anti virus takes to much memory

[@nixxonnor]

It seems that Windows Defender was active (icon bottom right with green checkmark at 7:00) during the Malwarebytes test. Was this the case?

[@Judicator37]

Tip for next video - please dont block the process explorer - it's nice to see what is happening in real time to executables.

[@mudomudito]

Que buen video. Algo que tenía curiosidad pero jamás lo hubiera intentado en mi PC

[@Trustmebro091]

I was impressed by the detection. It still holds true that Defender still slows down the system a lot more than competitors and is heavily reliant on legacy signatures, but it is nice to see MS finally made it a more effective product protection-wise. If folks want to use it, definitely use it with the free tool DefenderUI, as that will prevent malware from disabling Defender.

[@WolfySnowy]

Does it? I haven't seen more on this topic. Any resource you can direct me toward?

[@mrjaked420]

strong disagree. I had Bitdefender and that shit Killed a hard Drive the default is Low af.

[@shankypooo]

killed a hard drive wdym?@@mrjaked420

[@shankypooo]

i have it@@mrjaked420

[@Nahg345]

Defender uses significantly less system resources than 3rd party AV.

[@Hoerli]

I would be interested to know how good Defender is on Windows 10 compared to Windows 11 in this case.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Leo, I see you're supporting WD at the very least giving it some love. What everyone has to remember is that you are the security and that AV is just a tool and you use and demonstrate are only tools and we are only as good in ways we use those tools. So it's necessary to keep learning as changes come and go and to stay on top of threats and evolve as everything evolves. Always looking for new ways to combat this assault it's a constant struggle protecting our information and financial privacy.

[@Finnisher_DAD]

I am using Defender only barring the occassional manual scan with MWB but even then 90 % is not 100 %, even if the missed threats weren't major and no malware processes were running. I'd kind of want to see a follow up of trying to run the threats Defender missed one-by-one, did Defender just miss them due to the overload of malware being ran at the same time or does it simpy omit those instances. Defender relies on cloud analysing yeah but even then I'd want to see it work more like "this process is on hold until it is considerd safe" instead of "there are so many processes trying to run that some might slip through". Also MWB being smart enough to determine the threats were being run by a script and terminate the script itself is quite impressive to me, exactly what you'd want from your AV.

[@Soup69God]

Id love an in-depth video about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, even running this test. Its the Enterprise AV/EDR available with Microsoft 365. We use SentinelOne where I work, but im considering a greater push to move to using it, since its included with our 365 licences. Im too busy right now doing some practical tests with Entra ID Plan 2 so I cant test it myself right now.

[@RealAdiker]

Great video, proves the point that Windows Defender is definitely capable antivirus for an average user. Of course, Malwarebytes is still ahead and in case of an actual infection it's one of the best programs to run, but I don't think it's necessary to use it on a daily basis.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

I completely forgot about XP's endless pop-up screens, good times lol! I remember once i really tried to close them all for like 10 minutes but it was popping up and up so i began preparations for a format))

[@tpf92]

Its become so much better than it was back in Windows Vista/7 days, go to a few questionable sites/download from questionable sources back then and you used to be screwed, nowadays no issues at all with any kind of malware/virus. With that said, I've had issues every once in a while where it wouldn't allow me to save files in Documents folder.

[@darkc66l78]

Thank you so much , I've started using anti-virus software in 2016 and still was using it until i saw your video thank uuu

[@mikeloeven]

Sacrificial frozen state VM's are amazing for testing whether or not something is sketchy. you can run anything on them and the moment you reboot its clean. just make sure its not on your primary vlan..

[@Iz4kiTiago]

Windows defender + malwarebytes + he's browser extension = perfection

[@VascovanZeller]

I remember circa 2002 or 2003, if you installed windows 2000 and did not install a blaster patch BEFORE connecting to the internet your computer, without any interaction from your side, would IMMEDIATELY be infected with the Blaster worm. If you've been building PCs as long as I have, this progress from Microsoft is very impressive indeed.

[@blainefrank9243]

He’s a great videos, very interesting, informative and fun to watch. If I had a need I would definitely hire this company.

[@Lord_common_sense]

A new day with a new upload from The PC Security Channel is another day of happyness fr

[@dgan2304]

I don't even use Windows anymore I only use Linux but this channel is still interesting enough that I subbed regardless lol

[@JDDees]

There is still room for improvement in Windows Defender, so keep on it!

[@JesterPHD]

A video on ClamAV on a linux distro would be great.

[@tablettablete186]

Agree, but from what I have seen... it's very bad Edit: I saw many recommendations for Crowdstrike

[@Trustmebro091]

@@tablettablete186 It's very hard to get CS if you're a consumer (and ridiculously expensive), but yes CrowdStrike and SentinelOne are two of the best for Linux. S1 gets more of a leg up though as it is more autonomous than CS in my experience (less reliant on cloud-access & human analysts) and more cost-effective.

[@comosaycomosah]

You so need to make a series out of this with others besides defender

[@Draightmare]

People sometimes complain about the price of windows, but it does bring many good tools on it, is not just the defender, clipchamp, the Microsoft store which has many free apps and all are secure, and many tools. Sure Linux has many free tools that aren't bad, but they rely on people's good will to be updated and to make sure is compatible with your device... however windows, while there are many devices that get out of support. Those that are supported, get really good support.

[@randomguy400x]

Quite like how good Defender is. Many more people who are less tech savvy are going to be more protected. It feels like it's getting closer to how secure mobiles currently are, which should be a standard across operating systems. So I guess we might see more zero-day exploits in Windows

[@derAtze]

Its a big illusion that mobiles are safe

[@idoldissr]

I'm pleasantly surprised to see that Defender is performing much better than it used to. Still, I won't be switching my dependencies for security from Kaspersky anytime soon! LOL. Thanks for the update, however. ^_^

[@zybch]

Would be interesting to see the results with Windows running in S mode. Its just about possible to do everything most users would want to do under S mode, and malware likely wouldn't stand a chance.

[@vasyls1767]

Finally a Windows Defender video that isn't sponsored by Norton

[@micleeso]

Many moons ago, one could sail the sea safely by avoiding gloomy islands or opening messages in strange floating bottles. Arg mateys' those were the days.

[@irbaboon1979]

Defender has been improving over the years - over the last 8 years there’s little reason for any normal person (assuming normal users here) to actually invest in AV solutions as out of box is more than adequate.

[@scheesezotypabeat]

man i had to watch this just to be sane again. being paranoid over anything is so hard, i always think someone is spying on me. anyway, thanks for the video, man.

[@fingpolak]

A potential gap in your analysis: is Malwarebytes blocking threats as the links themselves are known to be threats or is it blocking based on scan and behaviour of the files? I can't quite say as no idea what your script does but likely downloads first..

[@kb8570]

Thank you for doing these tests. Could we possibly have a review of HP Wolf Security ? This now comes preinstalled on most laptops manufactured by HP and works alongside Windows Defender.

[@anita.b]

bruh that's crazy

[@DarkL1ght69]

As someone who knows nothing I was worried that windows wasn't safe enough for my incompetent self at times but I'm glad it did this well

[@k3melow]

this shows that at least your are pretty safe but I'm still paranoid AF that imma get hacked

[@montecorbit8280]

I would like to see you do this on multiple anti-maleate programs.... Can you try AVG next time?? I wish yo would have also tested Defenfer with the cloud turned off....just for the "Smiles and Giggles factor".

[@bleach445]

Can you do bulletproof west vs top 100 most powerful weapons next?

[@marcelorojash]

Is a good confirmation for me. I saw the improvement of windows defender across years.

[@lessemo]

When you mentioned the like and suscribe, did you choose to have the button highlight? Is that a thing? Because on my pc it just hightlighted it when you said that

[@blacknwhite1313]

yes

[@wilsondavidtabordarojas1085]

Very insightful thank you 🙏

[@WolfySnowy]

I would definitely like to see bigger test. Or performance impact of different antiviruses. Or even for gaming.

[@la7dfa]

I will watch your video when you make it...

[@luctiber]

Hi, thanks for your excellent video! While reviewing this one, I wondered why should I renew my Kaspersky subscription. If windows defender is acceptable, why should we go for a payable antivirus Thanks for your opinion on this matter

[@RobKHere]

Not everyone can afford a major av program and many are made to think they need high dollar software. Defender, malware bytes and Webroot are all worth a look, with the past two being affordable.

[@TheLocalSlavic]

Its not entirely only about how good windows defender is, you also have the User that should work coincide the windows defender and have an idea of what not to download. If you know when something is a scam, then the percentage greatly increases.

[@maksudulhaque3227]

I would like to see you make an seriously infected system to operational again without installing new windows and using your skillets . If it is possible

[@mowatrcm1]

Great work. Thanks 🙏 👍

[@maref163]

Amazing video I was always wandering if windows defender is good.. btw any views on panda antivirus?

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Great video! Thanks for posting!

[@jeffamunoz]

I think Windows Defender is a huge unsung hero these past few years. Windows essentially turned into Apple being that they just don't get virus's and malware anymore. It's really cool how right out of the box the system is really good at protecting itself with no need to purchase things like MacAfee etc.

[@IzzyIkigai]

Honestly, Defender is super good enough and given that other AV may increase the number of attack vectors I'd say if you need more than Defender then Windows might not be the right choice 🤷🏼‍♀

[@grantc8353]

That was cool. When you said like and sub the like button went all different colours.

[@noah_will]

I would love to see a stock windows defender, versus a maximum hardened defender, vs the paid version, all up against MalwareBytes.

[@gabgame300]

I remember how I absolutely hated Defender for being "always in the background" and eating RAM when I first moved from W7 to W10" But over time, I've grown quite glad for it being there - And even more so watching this video

[@RixtronixLAB]

Cool info, thanks for sharing, well done :)

[@Murmur95]

I would love to see how windows defender vs an adblocker like ublock origin with all blocksites added. I have just been using adblocker for years and never have malware since.

[@Dicofol1]

Very interesting, can you try the browser apps plugins to see how good they protect ?

[@curlykiddd]

Can the speed of your computer alter the effectiveness of Windows Defender's cloud protection in mass-threat scenarios like this by changing its ability to keep up with the malware executions? If so you should do a video where you share the specs of your test machine and run a test like this on multiple computers in different performance brackets to illustrate the difference.

[@rondeveau7240]

Amazing that they know all these malware sites and they haven't destroyed and removed them strange world

[@AgentM124]

I believe WD might have to carry a higher burden due to it being so standard, perhaps malware engineers specifically design to circumvent WD, unlike 3rd party which those engineers might have to know about, think about and try out all individually. While WD just has the biggest 'reach'. So in a way. having a reputable 3rd party virus scanner wouldn't be bad for higher risk work. While if you just do some basic stuff, WD probs enough if you in the first place have the common sense to not actively install malware.

[@amodmishra3030]

Malware engineer is an interesting word

[@muhammetarslan9757]

Thank you for video and your effort. Could you test the OpenEDR product please?

[@MRSCOTTZD]

This is great, we need more of this

[@JackPlatt]

I hope that Microsoft extends support for Windows 10 after 2025. Rumors that it might. Because Windows Defender is a great AV! I also like Bit Defender Free, which I will move to if Windows Defender security stops for Windows 10.

[@jabezhane]

They usually do extend the support past what they initially say. They did with XP and 7 mainly because they were major corporate adoption cycle. 8 was largely ignored but 10 was massively used.

[@liameyles1450]

interesting video as always many thanks I'm all ways looking for ways to spot and remove viruses besides just hoping my antivirus's will solve the issue

[@repairman2be250]

Good to see much improved detection rate of MS Defender. On the other hand they (Micro$) want to control you more and more. I use Kaspersky Total Security - NOT the new Plus version which pops up all sorts of things I am annoyed with. Also use Malwarebytes, though Kaspersky complains as not compatible. Oh yeah Windows is running virtualized. My choice of backup is Acronis.

[@Timat-s4n]

Interesting. I assume Bitdefender or Kaspersky particularly are a bit better of course. Thanks for the tests.

[@Maxym-sk4zq]

Very inportant question: how does it compare against other free antivirus? (In your video you used premius malwarebytes version). What is the best possible safety solution that costs the same (that is, effectively free)

[@Maxym-sk4zq]

@@rythmater That's an interesting thought, thank you. However, this very channel rates Windows Defender as way worse than 3rd party AVs like Bitdefender Kaspersky or Malwarebytes. Do you think he's wrong or are there nuances?