Is Defender + MalwareBytes better or worse than Defender alone?


Is Defender + MalwareBytes better or worse than Defender alone?


  • Total voters
    15

jimbo45, just as in any specialized field we have to go back to keep up on the tools (programs) that are new & the old ones have been added to ! I go every 6 months back for refresher courses and learn how to use the new programs !!​


Chuck
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows11 23H2 (OS Build 22631.2428)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP HP ENVY TE01
    CPU
    2.90 gigahertz Intel Core i7-10700
    Motherboard
    Board: HP 8767 A (SMVB)
    Memory
    16214 Megabytes Usable Installed Memor
    Hard Drives
    1511.52 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    1418.15 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless
    Mouse
    M 185 wireless
    Internet Speed
    12 ms Jitter 8 ms Download 10.5 Mbps Upload 1.7
    Browser
    Edge & FF
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
the almost laughable efforts of Windows security on W7/8/8.1
Windows Security Essentials on Win 7/8/8.1 was actually not half bad, at least not if you were using it in concert with other free tools, like, e.g., HijackThis, Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-aware, and of course MBAM also. But around the time when Invincea had taken over Sandboxie from Ronen Tzur, that's when things had definitely changed. I started to use my Firefox browser under the supervision of Sandboxie (nowadays continuing to be kept alive─and kicking─as Sandboxie Plus) back then, and quickly arrived at the conclusion that all this scanning for pestilence had become a pretty much useless consumption of background CPU cycles and SATA bandwidth. In this regard it is actually a little bit similar to defragging your HDD constantly, as Diskeeper (now DymaxIO) had been able to effectively eliminate the need for that too, i.e. during this same old era of our Win 7 we used to love so much that we all soon had to become members of SevenForums. But that was 13 years ago, and, there exists such a thing called evolution. So now I stick to using only Defender and Sandboxie Plus, with Primo Ramdisk to be able to speed up my sandbox performance when needed, as Sandboxie Plus lets me specify my own sandbox location─where the contents of the sandbox will be stored.

After a recent update, the driver of Primo Ramdisk is now compatible with Core Isolation and Memory Integrity. The free ImDisk also gives the ability to reduce the amount of RAM space, but between the Dynamic Memory Management option of Primo Ramdisk and it, there simply is no comparison. And the performance benchmark also speaks volumes. I.e., there is no right or wrong way to go about it. Rather, there's just a slow way and another way that is a smidge different... :smirk:

Primo Ramdisk (SCSI, DMM Compacted) benchmark.png
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus TUF Gaming (2024)
    CPU
    i7 13650HX
    Memory
    16GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
    Sound Card
    Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Supreme; Emotiva UMC-200; Astell & Kern AK240
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia XR-55X90J
    Screen Resolution
    3840×2160
    Hard Drives
    512GB SSD internal
    37TB external
    PSU
    Li-ion
    Cooling
    2× Arc Flow Fans, 4× exhaust vents, 5× heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K800
    Mouse
    Logitech G402
    Internet Speed
    20Mbit/s up, 250Mbit/s down
    Browser
    FF
  • Operating System
    11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Medion S15450
    CPU
    i5 1135G7
    Memory
    16GB DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe
    Sound Card
    Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Supreme; Emotiva UMC-200; Astell & Kern AK240
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia XR-55X90J
    Screen Resolution
    3840×2160
    Hard Drives
    2TB SSD internal
    37TB external
    PSU
    Li-ion
    Mouse
    Logitech G402
    Keyboard
    Logitech K800
    Internet Speed
    20Mbit/s up, 250Mbit/s down
    Browser
    FF

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