I actually never had any issues with Windows Defender/Microsoft Security Essentials. The only time one runs a serious risk of being infected is when pirating, and even then, you can usually get a heads up from initial downloaders who have detected viruses/spyware themselves and leave warnings in threads/comment sections.
For what it's worth, I think that uBlock Origin is better than AdBlock Plus these days, due to AdBlock Plus being heavy on memory and allowing some "nice" ads to show anyways. I don't use NoScript since I don't often visit sites that use JavaScript maliciously. LastPass I'm wary of, since the software is proprietary; I prefer KeepassX since it's light, multi-platform and open-source.
I actually never had any issues with Windows Defender/Microsoft Security Essentials. The only time one runs a serious risk of being infected is when pirating, and even then, you can usually get a heads up from initial downloaders who have detected viruses/spyware themselves and leave warnings in threads/comment sections.
For what it's worth, I think that uBlock Origin is better than AdBlock Plus these days, due to AdBlock Plus being heavy on memory and allowing some "nice" ads to show anyways. I don't use NoScript since I don't often visit sites that use JavaScript maliciously. LastPass I'm wary of, since the software is proprietary; I prefer KeepassX since it's light, multi-platform and open-source.