Amagciwane abe yingxenye ebalulekile yokuphequlula i-Intanethi cishe ngaphambi kokuqala kwawo. Ngineminyaka eminingi ngikwisayensi yamakhompiyutha, njengoba bengisebenzisa i-MS-DOS ne-DR-DOS bekuhlale kunesibindi samagciwane, yize ngaleso sikhathi i-Intanethi yayingakabi isiqhwaga namuhla. Ngaleso sikhathi abaphangi abahlukene ababethengisa imidlalo nezinhlelo zokusebenza bangafaka igciwane elafometha ikhompyutha yethu, layivimba noma yini enye. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi Amagciwane aguquke kakhulu, asebenzisa i-intanethi futhi njengamanje i-malware, i-spyware ne-ransomware Ziyizikhali ezingabeki imishini yethu engcupheni kuphela, kepha futhi nemininingwane yethu ebaluleke kakhulu.
INorton noMcAfee yi-antivirus endala kunazo zonke, okuyiyona hhayi ngenxa yalesi sizathu okungcono kakhulu, esingakuthola namuhla. Kepha ngokusho kukaRobert O'Callahan, owayengunjiniyela weMozilla, okuwukuphela kwe-antivirus efanele ngempela yiWindows Defender i-antivirus efakwe ngokwendabuko kuwo wonke amakhompyutha selokhu kwafika iWindows 8.1. Kepha kubonakala sengathi akuyena kuphela okuqinisekisayo, ngoba omunye unjiniyela wezokuphepha osebenza ekwakhiweni kwe-Chrome, uJustin Schuh usho okufanayo ncamashi.
Ngokusho kukaRobert abukho ubufakazi bangempela bokuthi ama-antiviruses ayatholakala emakethe thuthukisa ukuphepha esikunikezwa yiWindows Defender. Khumbula ukuthi iWindows Defender ihlanganiswe nohlelo futhi noma yiluphi olunye uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-antivirus olufakiwe kungenzeka lungasebenzi njengolomdabu. URobert weluleka ukuthi uma une-antivirus uyikhipha bese usebenzisa eyomdabu kuphela.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, inhloko yaseKarspersky yathi i-European Union kufanele ihlolisise noma ngabe iMicrosoft yephula imithetho ye-antitrust ngokufaka uhlelo lwe-antivirus ezinguqulweni zakamuva zeWindows, into eqinisekile ukuthi yenza umonakalo omkhulu ezinkampanini zokuphepha kwamakhompyutha. Ukulimala okubuye kugcizelelwe yizitatimende zalo njiniyela weMozilla nonjiniyela we-Chrome.