
To learn more, see our video on How to use Windows Security. Plus, you avoid the nuisance of a third-party suite’s regular upgrade notifications.

Windows Security also has ransomware protection, which many free options don’t. If Windows is already working, why add anything else? If its built-in security suite, Windows Security, performs on par with the best of the free AV options-as we discovered in our roundup of the best free antivirus-why add the extra baggage of a third-party program? Sure other AV programs might offer marginally better protection, but not enough to outweigh the convenience of rolling with Microsoft’s home-grown offering.
