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antivirus programs aren’t all that great to start with, though they soak up massive amounts of memory and cpu resources

the only way to secure a windows system is to set up a minimum of two login accounts: one is a normal administrative account (akin to unix superuser but unfortunately the default on windows) and a second account that is a Limited User account, then use the Limited User account for all work except for system/software/peripheral adds/removes/updates, which would be the only reasons that the administrative account is used ... you can still get malware in the limited account, but such malware is local to the user account, can not invade the system or the software, and is very easy to remove by going to the administrative account and deleting the malware components (which can’t fight back since they can only be started by the limited account)

... you can still get malware in the limited account, but such malware is local to the user account, can not invade the system or the software, and is very easy to remove by going to the administrative account and deleting the malware components.

Sounds like a very good idea. I used to use virtual machines when going on the Internet, especially when downloading content. But whenever you think that you have a foolproof way to secure your computer or other digital device... someone figures out a way to get around your defenses or you get lazy.