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Lynnea1941

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which antivirus program is commonly used?
« on: January 14, 2020, 04:05:00 PM »
Would Windows Defender be a recommended antivirus program to use with the TeraStation WS5420DN?

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Re: which antivirus program is commonly used?
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2020, 04:55:57 PM »
There are numerous antivirus programs available, Windows Defender is part of Windows and would be considered the minimum.

Lynnea1941

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Re: which antivirus program is commonly used?
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2020, 06:58:55 PM »
If Windows Defender is a sort of baseline program, what would be a better program?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Re: which antivirus program is commonly used?
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2020, 03:40:41 PM »
For a machine that you won't be using for risky thing like browsing the web and installing downloaded programs/etc I would think Windows Defender and automatic windows updates would be plenty of protection.

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Re: which antivirus program is commonly used?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2020, 02:20:11 PM »
Thanks for the advice.  It makes sense to me.