{"id":1459,"date":"2018-10-28T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T21:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2018-10-28T17:37:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T21:37:19","slug":"microsoft-takes-antivirus-protection-to-a-new-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/28\/microsoft-takes-antivirus-protection-to-a-new-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft takes Antivirus\/Protection to a new level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I no longer use any &#8216;always on&#8217; third party Antivirus software on any of my Operating systems, and I haven&#8217;t for some time. I rely heavily on my expertise, current systems, and applications setups and experience to keep my self as protected as possible. <\/p>\n<p>I realize that most users do not have the extensive training and skills that I do. So I recommend most Windows users use Microsoft&#8217;s built-in Windows Defender AV &#8211; it is surprisingly good. AND doesn&#8217;t jack up as many systems as do nearly all paid solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is now REALLY stepping up the game in system protection. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/fyi\/windows-defender-now-offers-ultra-secure-sandbox-mode-heres-how-to-turn-it-on\/\"><font size=\"3\">The HowToGeek has a superb article on this. Check it out.<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I no longer use any &#8216;always on&#8217; third party Antivirus software on any of my Operating systems, and I haven&#8217;t for some time. I rely heavily on my expertise, current systems, and applications setups and experience to keep my self as protected as possible. I realize that most users do not have the extensive training &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mikemartinezonline.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/28\/microsoft-takes-antivirus-protection-to-a-new-level\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Microsoft takes Antivirus\/Protection to a new level&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,18,21,11,256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-virus","category-microsoft","category-security","category-windows","category-windows-10"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com 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