It’s imperative to keep Microsoft Defender up to date even when Windows Update isn’t working. Here are several methods to manually update Defender. Microsoft Defender is the built-in anti-malware ...

Both AVG and Windows Defender work to protect your PC from malware and other security threats. They both have major differences in the following aspects. AVG and Windows Defender mainly differ in ...

Microsoft has pulled a recent Microsoft Defender update that was supposed to fix a known issue triggering persistent restart alerts and Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority (LSA) ...

Are you worried that your missing Windows Defender history is hiding an infection? Windows Security’s Protection History tracks the Defender’s actions, helping you identify and remove threats easily.

The Microsoft Defender antivirus product built into Windows 10 and 11 is generally good enough at detecting and removing malware that most people don’t need to pay for a separate antivirus product.

Microsoft retires Defender endpoint data alerting, requiring organizations to switch to Purview DLP to avoid losing ...

Microsoft is rolling out new Secure Score recommendations for Defender for Endpoint to help organizations strengthen security.

Microsoft Defender stopped a human-operated ransomware attack that abused Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and ...

If you're firmly on the Windows 10 holdout train, I've got some concerning news for you. Almost everyone knows about Microsoft ending support for Windows 10, which would leave millions of machines ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Question: I have been subscribed to Norton 360, but I’ve decided it’s too expensive to maintain so I will not be ...