Yep, and a good AV will protect the user when they make the error.
And its a good thing Windows Defender is a good solution or else there would be 100s of millions of Windows Defender users out there using infected systems - a fact the biased Microsoft haters choose to ignore.
and Microsoft is just wasting their time even bothering to continue development on it.
Yeah right. Because Microsoft has no interest in keeping their customer's computers secure.
Thinking about the comment, "
Sadly, not as many people have that common sense as you'd think. Especially not workers using machines they ultimately aren't responsible for."
First, I think it's insulting to the human race. Common sense really is pretty common - hence the name, "
common" sense. Second, I think it insulting to suggest we, as technical providers, don't know as much about human nature, or computer users as "
you'd think". Especially for those of us who have been working with computers, computer/network security, and computer users longer than most on this site have been alive.
Third and most importantly is the all important "T" word. If you own or manage a company, or you are the IT person responsible for maintaining the company's information systems, and you don't properly "
train" your users how to use those company computers
safely, then it is
YOU who have failed to do your job properly, not the user/worker, or the security programs on those systems. And it is YOU who needs to go back into training, or do your job properly, or be shown the door.
And if a worker is careless because it is not their own personal computer, you retrain, issue a stern warning, or send them packing. It is that simple! I've been supporting large Federal and State networks and computer systems, large corporate networks and computer systems, SOHO networks and computer systems, and personal networks and computer systems for decades. I have successfully trained young kids, invincible teens, adults and seniors. And guess what? It is not hard! Except for the senior of seniors, almost all have been using computers most of their lives.
And if they are employees and they refuse to learn or heed that "common sense", they no longer get access to those company computers and networks. If they need that access to do their jobs, out the door they go. Again, it is that simple.
To suggest a computer gets infected because it has Windows Defender on it instead of Avast, Kaspersky, or some other solution is just being, at best, totally naive.