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Topsy said:
I'm on Win 10 but I do have an AV, I note advice in this thread is that I don't need it and when the Sub expires I won't buy again. That said next October Win 10 will no longer be supported so I am presuming Windows Defender won't get updates so as I don't want to upgrade my computers (desktop and 2 laptops that aren't Win 11 compatible) I will need to find another AV?
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Defender updates should still happen - it's just that any bugs found in Windows won't get fixed - which could leave the computer vulnerable to threats which exploit such things.
For me, it's a push to upgrade to a new PC, as my current one can't run Win 11 (without bypassing install checks), and has a 1st gen i5 CPU, so is probably almost 15 years old!
 
Topsy said:
I'm on Win 10 but I do have an AV, I note advice in this thread is that I don't need it and when the Sub expires I won't buy again. That said next October Win 10 will no longer be supported so I am presuming Windows Defender won't get updates so as I don't want to upgrade my computers (desktop and 2 laptops that aren't Win 11 compatible) I will need to find another AV?
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I'm not sure what happens with defender updates when win10 goes EOL. I suspect they continue but don't quote me on that...

If not, then yes it would be wise to find another AV solution. However, AV is only one layer of the "security onion" - I'd argue that in todays climate, keeping software (and OS) updated is probably more important than a fully up to date AV solution.

There's still time, Micro$oft may well relax the windows 11 requirements yet. If not, there are ways around the hardware requirements - Using a program call "Rufus" for instance, you can create an install USB stick that skips the hardware check. Actual requirements are pretty much the same performance-wise, if you can run win10 you can run win11 - win11 just "requires" a TPM 2.0 module, which is used for encryption tasks etc.
 
jimmyjamjojo said:
I'm not sure what happens with defender updates when win10 goes EOL. I suspect they continue but don't quote me on that...

If not, then yes it would be wise to find another AV solution. However, AV is only one layer of the "security onion" - I'd argue that in todays climate, keeping software (and OS) updated is probably more important than a fully up to date AV solution.

There's still time, Micro$oft may well relax the windows 11 requirements yet. If not, there are ways around the hardware requirements - Using a program call "Rufus" for instance, you can create an install USB stick that skips the hardware check. Actual requirements are pretty much the same performance-wise, if you can run win10 you can run win11 - win11 just "requires" a TPM 2.0 module, which is used for encryption tasks etc.
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Thanks Jamie, something to keep in mind for sure.
 
mark2002 said:
Ever since windows 10 came out I've not had any virus programs installed never had any issues relying on windows virus and firewall, Now on new laptop with windows 11 and staying the same. Should imagine I've saved a few bob over the years now.
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lol. if all you visit it this forum then you shouldn't need paid anti virus.
 
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