Microsoft Defender (previously Windows Defender) has been a part of the Windows operating system since the early 2000s, with Microsoft improving and iterating on it up to the present — and presumably ...

Windows Defender, now known as Windows Security in Windows 11, is the free security suite that comes with the Operating System. While not a perfect anti-malware software, this built-in anti-malware ...

Is your antivirus preventing you from completing important tasks? We’ll walk you through how to temporarily disable your antivirus and why you may need to. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress ...

It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

Malware delivered through cloud services such as OneDrive or SharePoint will try to disable and evade Defender. These simple settings will help prevent that. Attackers are now using more “interesting” ...