Microsoft Defender offers solid baseline protection against malware, but sometimes, you might want to disable it. Here's how ...

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Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says a tech support scam used a fake Windows Defender pop-up, tricking the victim to ...

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Ransomware is nasty stuff. This type of malware encrypts files on your PC so that you can’t access them—unless you pay the attacker to unlock the data. In other words, your files are held ...

Microsoft has confirmed a critical vulnerability in Windows Defender that could leak file content data but advised users to do nothing—here’s why.

Phishing Protection in Windows 11 used to turn off on reboot, especially when using a PIN, but this week's security release ...

Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR is a mature and proven service that triages, investigates, and responds to incidents and ...

Microsoft published a new Defender update when it released its October 2024 Patch Tuesday (it did not release any in November.) This update package is necessary as a Windows installation image may ...

We have been covering AV-Comparatives reports about the performance of Microsoft Defender over the last several months. Microsoft's in-house solution has generally done well with some setbacks ...