Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.

Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.

Microsoft patched two actively exploited Defender zero-days affecting Windows systems and security components.

Microsoft is deprecating Defender Application Guard (including the Windows Isolated App Launcher APIs) for Edge for Business users. Microsoft Defender Application Guard (MDAG) blocks potential threats ...

Start by refreshing the services related to Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Security. Refreshing a service in Windows restarts the specific software. Here’s how: To fix the Windows cannot find Make ...

Microsoft has attempted to provide PCs with antivirus software for ages, all the way back to Microsoft Anti-Virus for MS-DOS in 1993. Its Windows incarnation started life as Microsoft AntiSpyware in ...

Microsoft claims Windows Defender is all the protection you need. I've been testing antivirus software for decades, and the evidence—not to mention the threats it can't protect you from—says otherwise ...