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Exactly, for basic web searching and gaming, having anything else won't be necessary.

Agree.

On my test system, due to Windows Defender's real-time detection namely "false positives" with my tools, I've disabled It permanently via the GPE (Group Policy Editor). As said, I'm quite Impressed with It, however In this case It's a hindrance more than anything else.

Yeah I can see your point,  on my personal PC I use Norton Security. It's just a personal preference.

On my workstations I don't have any, as for you there's a lot of false positives.

I also use Norton on selected systems.

I've been using It since the days of the good old bloated Norton SystemWorks 2001, and when It's anti-spam & firewall were separate entities.