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Is Malwarebytes worth paying for on windows?
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Defender is fine.
My SO is still on Windows, so I just have Malwarebytes installed to run a periodic (free) scan, and run Defender for active protection. We've been doing that pretty much ever since Defender became a thing and haven't had any issues.
As others said, if there's an issue Defender didn't detect, investigate, and if it's actual malware, reinstall. That'll cover you 99% of the time, and the other 1% (rootkits) of the time isn't worth protecting against for the average person.