Depends on the version of Windows 7 you have. Professional is pretty secure. This is extremely obsolete software nowadays. Upgraded to the newer version which includes basic protection. I don’t use anything beyond what comes with windows. No need to if you’re not going to click bait sites were opening emails from strange people.
Or looking at porn
[[No need to if you’re not going to click bait sites were opening emails from strange people.]]
The main problem is when you go to legit sites, and get immediately redirected to nasty sites- and something gets downloaded before you can click out of the site-
Awhile back, this was happening a lot- but lately it doesn’t happen so much anymore- but it still happens-
It’s a good idea to have a snapshot that you can do a system revert IF that should happen- and also make a Macrium Reflect snapshot backup- just as a final resort if a system revert doesn’t work- I would look into a program like Rollback RX so that i can keep a number of snapshots that don’t get auto-deleted like what happens with windows system restore- so that you can have known good points to revert to for as long as you like- it also has the advantage of starting up BEFORE windows loads- incase you get a virus that kicks in as windows is loading, and prevents windows from loading- RollBack RX puts a boot menu option you can click by hitting the ‘Home’
key before windows actually begins to boot-
But i haven’t used it for a few years now since i moved to linux- so not sure if it’s still as good as it used to be- folks will have to do some research- when i used it it was invaluable- saved my bacon many times- I beleive it also protects agaisnt cypto lockers as you can do a rollback during boot, and revert to a time before your computer got locked-