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I'm not convinced that third party security suites on Windows have a net positive effect. They create new vulnerabilities, and they introduce new and off-brand interaction patterns to the users (security warnings, popups, reminders, etc) which make it easier to trick users into clicking on a malicious popup.
Maybe there are very specific cases where a system needs to be hardened by using specific security software, but in general I think the OS should handle security for general use.