Windows 10 Windows Defender Good?

[Fenway16]

I'm sure this has been answered many times but I am going to ask anyway. Is the above ok to use by itself or should I d.l. another av program. I would rather not add another one but want to make sure I'm protected. I also have Malwarebytes trial version on board. I'm hoping those 2 will take care of protection. Thanks.

 

[Neemobeer]

While decent Windows Defender is not a top contender for AV products. I would also point out that it not detecting anything isn't necessarily a good thing it can simply mean it can't detect a particular malware sample. Avast and AVG are far better free AV products. For a good run down of WD you can read this. They do lab tests as well as show the big four independent testing groups ratings for lots of AV products.
Microsoft Windows Defender Security Center

 

[Fenway16]

I currently use Avast on an old laptop and AVG on my desktop. They both seem equally adept at protection. I think Avast is less intrusive in terms of buying some of their add-ons, however. If I do decide down the road to add one of them, I will need to unemploy Defender on win10 machine. Does that happen automatically with the av download or do I have to disable Defemder before I install new av? Thanks.

 

[Neemobeer]

If an AV product registers with the WSC (Windows Security Center) Windows Defender should automatically disable itself.

 

[Fenway16]

I would assume that well known and popular av's (Avast..AVG) would do that. Yes?