Microsoft Defender Antivirus Valuable Features

The features that are most valuable for us are cloud analytics from the APT (Advanced Threat Protection) engine or quarantine, deletion, and removal. Basically, they work by web engine. Simply, it is proactive in resolving potential issues. View full review »

Automatic scanning and cleaning of viruses is the best and most valuable feature helping this tool to thrive. If any viruses are found, they are cleaned automatically. Another feature is the ability to filter sites and block harmful ones, which makes it to enter sites with full protection. This ensures no harmful Trojans can be sent into our systems through those sites and are always blocked when detected. Another great feature is the ability to warn the system user, making it easier to know when a virus has been found on our system. It is easy to use and has a lot functionality to make systems safeguarded in the right manner. View full review »

The solution's main antivirus capabilities are okay. So far, they have kept us safe. There is cloud protection as well, however, we don't utilize that very much. View full review »

The antivirus and their Office Defender are pretty good, although we are still processing that. It seems to be really great at protecting office documents. The solution integrates very well with Windows applications and Microsoft endpoint products. The product doesn't take up too many resources. You don't have to install it in different areas. It's very easy to implement and use. View full review »

Its a complete free version which came as in-built with windows and has no impact on our system performance. We don't need an extra software to be installed for security concerns and virus a such. It is very easy to use comparing to other available software's in the market. View full review »

The malware features are most valuable for us because if you have an application that attacks, it is defended. It gives you a prompt and doesn't allow you to launch that app. If there's an application that has suspicious malware you downloaded from the internet, it gives you a prompt to prevent the application from launching. Microsoft Windows Defender moves it to the recycle bin automatically. View full review »

One of the most valuable features of this product is the ability to "set it and forget it." I don't go in and make any changes to the settings. Another value add is the size of the user base, which is fairly large because it's a free MS product. I would imagine that it would be quite competitive since a blacklisting solution such as this is only as good as the threat intelligence it receives. I'm pretty sure that if the tool discovers something foreign and malicious it will upload that information back to Microsoft. The value of the tool is inherent within the size of the user base, which is fairly large because it's a free product by a trusted company. View full review »

The solution was highly ranked in the Gartner Report. It's absolutely free to use. The anti-malware features are great. It doesn't use up a lot of resources on my laptop, so it's not slowing anything down. The product is very easy to use. View full review »

I am using it for very simple purposes. It is perfect and quite effective. I have been using it for a while, and I have never had any virus infection, data leak, or other security breaches. It works fine for standalone purposes. If you log on to OneDrive, it has ransomware protection. View full review »

Within its class I think, it has a high and decent detection rate. View full review »

The most valuable feature is the protection given via the antivirus. View full review »

It is very simple to use and easy to scan systems. This product is flexible, and it is very easy to get updates from the Microsoft website. We are using the firewall features. View full review »

The solution is really fast. I have never experienced any viruses since I've been using it. View full review »

The features I have found most valuable are the ransomware and malware protection. The solution detects malware live and whenever it detects suspicious activity, it quarantines it. We set our protection to the tightest possible settings, which prevents non-approved applications from making any changes to our computers'. View full review »

I find the layer protection and real-time protection very useful because when I launch a program, I always have a notification and an alarm. Sometimes I am on a program on Windows Defender and sometimes on Kaspersky and it shows up on whatever I am using. I like the real-time protection features. Windows Defender will detect if there's a threat like a Trojan or something like that but Kaspersky lets it run normally. View full review »

I really have not really worked with it that much to be able to customize my approach with it or anything like that. It pretty straightforward to install and use. View full review »

We have liked the fact that it comes with Microsoft Windows 10 and it is constantly updated with all new virus definitions. It is also updated with new security features on a regular basis. We don't use any other third party products. View full review »

The most valuable features are that it's easy to use and the updates are very simple. View full review »

The most valuable features are that it is flexible, and it is integrated with Microsoft products. That gives us peace of mind. I like the security center, as well as the full picture of our security profile and insights. View full review »

The antivirus features are very useful. View full review »

I like that this product comes included with Windows. This software is easy to use. View full review »

What I like best is that it is part of the operating system, as opposed to a third-party application. The fact that it's from Microsoft, you don't have many false positives, unlike products from other vendors might have. Updates occur frequently throughout the day. View full review »

It is stable and very easy to use. View full review »

The most valuable feature is that we can use the solution right out of the box without too much configuration. View full review »

The biggest benefit to Windows Defender is that it is built-in to the operating system by Microsoft. View full review »