This article goes over anti-virus solutions for Windows.

For students and home users, we recommend using the built-in Windows Security or Windows Defender. It should be on a Windows system by default. If you would like to read more about it please click on the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/comprehensive-security

 If you would like to invest more into anti-virus then it is suggested that you can use the following links to see independent evaluations of different anti-virus software from different providers.
AV Test
AV Comparatives