I ripped out all of Windows' security features before even booting up the first time using the recovery console. It's blissful. Opening the windows security window just shows a blank white rectangle. My computer idles at 0% CPU. I never get annoying security popups, I never have to worry about Windows deciding to delete something to "protect" me. It truly makes my life much better. I wish there was just a button for it so I didn't have to go digging deep into the internals to do it. Too bad it's the norm to tell people how to run their computers these days.

I've got Windows Sandbox to try anything shady in and a decent firewall on the edge between me and the rest of the world, I generally don't worry too much.