Microsoft has a new Defender anti-virus update for Windows 11 and 10 images. The new update patches several flaws.

Unfortunately, Windows Defender is setting the counters to mode 2 at random intervals for random durations of time. This can occur while a PC is booting up or at any point afterward.

Show Windows Defender in System Tray Windows Defender is not visible in the Windows 10 system tray by default so one might be skeptical whether it is protecting the computer.

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT). For Windows users ...

Windows Defender on the other hand offers antivirus and anti-malware protection, a built-in firewall, etc. It does not come with all the advanced features AVG has.

Bogged down by Defender hogging CPU time, a Core i9-10850K running at 5GHz loses 1,000 Cinebench points, which is about a 6% drop from the norm. Owners with Intel Core 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Gen ...

How to Start Windows Defender Service Manually. Windows Defender automatically comes with Windows 8, which saves you the cost and time burden of buying a separate application. This security tool ...

Windows 10 version 1903 is still relatively new, so I haven't had a lot of time to play around with the Windows Defender Application Guard protected browser window.

Every Windows 10 PC has a registry and you can use it to change settings and disable Windows Defender. If you use this method, make sure you’re incredibly careful.

Windows System Defender is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses fake malware files and false scan detections to trick you into thinking that you are infected. When installed, Windows System ...

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 ...

Picked up by Windows Latest, forums are currently full of Windows 10 users reporting that a new Microsoft update (4.18.2003.4-0) has caused Windows Defender, the platform’s integrated antivirus ...