Antivirus- Do we need it?

There are many questions in the minds of every windows user about whether they should install antivirus or not. Also, a connective question Do we really need an antivirus? All these queries will be answered comprehensively and clearly in this article.

Background

Today windows 10 is the most popular on every PCs and to just let you know if any hacker ever tries to make a Virus or malware he would make it for windows 10 to gain more reach. And if he makes a virus for windows 10 it can also work for windows 8.7 or 6. If we talk about Mac there is a general perception that mac doesn’t allow any virus. This statement is partially true as we have seen some viruses in mac two in recent years. Let’s move to the topic of antivirus in windows.

Window Defender

Today hackers don’t use a virus to corrupt or destroy your PCs rather they use them for taking your valued information. As the antivirus is concerned we should have installed it in our windows. And the windows defender which is the built-in antivirus of Microsoft windows has evolved very much in recent times. Before windows 10 it wasn’t that good but today it has an efficiency of almost close to 95 percent. Now defenders can catch almost every general type of virus or malware.

Free or Paid Version?

Microsoft has done its best to protect its users but every day there is a new virus attack on your information and thus to avoid them as well you have to download the antivirus either free or paid. There are many companies whose antivirus you can use for free of cost but there are some problems with the free version like real-time protection isn’t available in it means if you’re scanning the laptop only then you can find the virus and not the otherwise. That being said if you’re a student or common user free version will do your work. But if you’re working in a place containing sensitive information then you need to take the paid subscription to increase the protection level.

Thus I hope now you know why we need antivirus and why you should not worry yourself about getting the paid version.