Trent Hills Technical

07/28/2026

** VACATION NOTICE **
Please be advised our offices will be closed Tuesday Aug 4th until Friday Aug 7th.
We re-open Monday Aug 10th.
We appreciate your understanding in this matter.

03/13/2026

*** IMPORTANT NOTICE***
Please note that the offices of Trent Hills Technical will be closed for the day, Friday March 27th for a scheduled electrical service upgrade.
We appreciate your understanding in this matter.

03/02/2026

Why Do People Prefer Free A/V When They Already Own One?

I would say that the vast majority of Windows 10/11 computers that come through my shop are running some type of “Free” anti-virus software while the one that they already “Paid” for is sitting idle. I have been recommending Window Security (formerly Defender) for Windows 10/11 computers for some time. It just never made sense to me to trust something as important as virus/malware protection to some offshore company offering “Free” protection when I already paid for quality protection from the same company that built Windows.

Here is an interesting article from Make Use Of that addresses using behavior-monitoring tools rather than the traditional signature-based approach.

Discover the surprising power of Microsoft Defender's behavior monitoring.