It’s common sense that if you have a Windows PC, you need a third-party security suite to protect it. Right? Well, maybe not.

Windows Defender Antivirus comes pre-installed as standard with Windows 11. In numerous tests, Windows Defender Antivirus does a pretty good job of protecting against new malware threats including ...

But this free protection comes preinstalled on Windows machines and does a good job of keeping ... all three tests on our Windows 11 PC before installing the antivirus suite under review.