Anti virus is the virus! I never recommend them. Just setup browser with ublock and router with pihole and nothing slips through. Use ff instead of chrome or edge. Finally you can’t uninstall defender so it just lives.
Ps: I haven’t had an anti virus over forever. Worst case scenario i run autoruns from sysinternals.
Ps: I haven’t had an anti virus over forever. Worst case scenario i run autoruns from sysinternals.