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Originally Posted by HarryT
Windows 8 onwards has an adequate AV program built in which downloads new AV definitions once a day automatically ("Windows Defender"), so no need to worry about that. Windows updates happen once a month (the second Tuesday of the month: "patch Tuesday") which doesn't need a special reboot: most people shut their computer down at the end of the day, and that's when the updates will be applied. Apps like Java, Flash, etc, auto-update and don't normally need a reboot.
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My mother, for one, prefers to leave her computer on rather than have to wait for Windows to start.
And many people will argue with you (violently) about whether Microsoft's builtin AV is worth the disk space it consumes.
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Microsoft Windows Defender Review.
Verdict : If you're relying solely on Windows Defender for your antivirus protection, you're anything but defended.
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Review after review rates it as pathetic
when compared to other free AV suites.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1926596,00.asp
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows-...view-2209.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/25987...r_options.html
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/security-esse...er-2015-review
http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabi.../d-id/1111240?
The consensus is that it is severely incapable of actually detecting malware (although it does well at removing what it does find)... possibly the price you pay for having a very lightweight AV that doesn't eat system resources.