Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Originally Posted By: camrydriver111
I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials and now Windows Defender (on Windows 10) since ~2009 or even earlier. So I haven't had a 3rd party antivirus for a long time.
MSE is used in corporate environments. If it was significantly weaker than a 3rd party antivirus I don't think it would be used.
Never underestimate the power of "free".
When MSE was first introduced, it was reasonably effective. That changed as the product was not kept up with like its commercial competitors.
Working in health care, I don't recall ever seeing an environment just protected by MSE except perhaps a small clinic or doctor's office. I generally advise them to buy something better.
Generally, in Enterprise-size deployments I see ESET, McAfee, Symantec, Kaspersky..etc. One of the big names.
I snapped these pics a while back, it demonstrates my experience aptly:
Same computer.
looking carefully at your screen shot I noticed you did a "quick scan" with MSE, I wonder what would have happened if you did a "full scan".