Viruses have been an intrinsic part of Internet browsing practically before its inception. I have been in computer science for many years, since I was a user of MS-DOS and DR-DOS there was always the rampage of viruses, despite the fact that at that time the Internet had not become the giant it is today. At that time the different pirates who sold games and applications could include a virus that formatted our computer, blocked it or anything else. Over time Viruses have evolved a lot, adopting the internet and currently malware, spyware and ransomware They are the weapons that can put not only our equipment at risk, but also our most valuable information.
Norton and McAfee are the oldest antivirus, which not for that reason the best, that we can find today. But according to Robert O'Callahan, a former Mozilla engineer, the only antivirus that is really worth it is Windows Defender the antivirus that has been installed natively on all computers since the arrival of Windows 8.1. But it seems that he is not the only one who assures it, since another security engineer working on the development of Chrome, Justin Schuh claims exactly the same.
According to Robert there is no real proof that antiviruses available on the market improve the security that Windows Defender offers us. Keep in mind that Windows Defender is integrated into the system and any other antivirus application that is installed may not be as effective as the native one. Robert advises that if you have an antivirus you uninstall it and only use the native one.
A few months ago, the head of Karspersky said that the European Union should examine whether Microsoft is violating antitrust laws by including an antivirus application in the latest versions of Windows, something that surely is doing a lot of damage to computer security companies. Damage that is also accentuated by the statements of this Mozilla engineer and the Chrome engineer.