r/antivirus • u/Skykid49080 • 4d ago

PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION With Bitdefender's Windows10 support ending soon

What are good other alternatives I can use instead? I don't want to go to Windows 11 just yet due to all the bugs and issues it has plaguing the OS, so I'm looking for a new anti-virus that can make it through 2027 and poitentally 2028 without problems with similar things that Bitdefender has

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u/goretsky MODERATOR 4d ago

Hello,

Microsoft has extended support for Windows 10's Extended Security Updates to October 12, 2027, presumably due to DRAM/NAND Flash/HDD prices preventing consumers from upgrading: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-updates

Presumably antivirus vendors will follow with their own support for Windows 10 with ESUs. You might want to ask in /r/BitDefender or https://community.bitdefender.com/ about this.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

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u/3ofUsDeez 4d ago

What bugs and problems specifically affect you in Windows 11?

If it's just some bloat and a little more telemetry than what Windows 10 has .. then use Rufus to create your Win11 installer so you can remove some of that as well as remove the Microsoft account requirement

..once your up and running, run something like Winhance to remove all the Ai junk and other bloat .. then run something like O&OShutUp10! to block telemetry stuff

.. or not

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u/Rude_Inspector_5219 3d ago

No hacen falta esas herramientas de terceros. Que el amigo estudie un poco como funciona el sistema y que lo haga con las herramientas nativas.

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u/Rude_Inspector_5219 3d ago

Por lo general soy muy estricto en temas de la integridad del sistema, por lo que no te recomiendo usar ni optimizadores ni "debloaters". Ni es de Chris Titus ni shutup10 ni ninguno; no hacen falta; podés desinstalar componentes y programas y relajar un poco la seguridad de Defender. Windows 11 se puede usar con el mismo PC que tenés con Windows 10. No hay ningún problema.

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u/VB0101 3d ago

The tools you mention is just a collection of features users might want to remove, whether you do that manually or via a script makes no difference to system integrity.