The antivirus program that comes with Windows. Previously called "Windows Defender" starting with Windows 8, it was retroactively added to Windows 7. Microsoft Defender scans files downloaded from any ...

Microsoft on Monday announced the "general availability" commercial release of the "standalone" edition of Microsoft Defender for Business, a security solution for small-to-medium organizations.

Microsoft 365 Defender now automatically disrupts ransomware attacks, giving business customers — but not consumers, yet — a bit more peace of mind in avoiding ransomware. Microsoft made the ...

Microsoft’s free built-in security software for Windows PCs, Defender Antivirus, provides excellent anti-malware protection for Windows PCs. However, it lacks some extras found in third-party products ...

If Microsoft Defender has begun issuing warnings on your gaming PC for a “Winring0 vulnerable driver,” you have a major choice to make: you can set an exception and exempt popular RGB and fan control ...

Need a safe place to test your security? Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) evaluation lab can get a virtual machine provisioned in 20 minutes to safely test security solutions and run ...

Microsoft has rolled out a fix for a recent update that has been causing the Windows Defender built-in antivirus software to crash on Windows 10 PCs when running a full system scan. With around half a ...

Microsoft announced the addition of Threat Analytics for Microsoft 365 Defender customers and the roll-out of Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management Analytics, both in public preview. Microsoft 365 ...

Which seems more unlikely to you? Dogs and cats living together in peace or Microsoft releasing a security program for Linux? Actually, both are true. On June 23, Microsoft released Microsoft Defender ...

Microsoft will enable fully automated threat remediation by default for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers who have opted into public previews starting next month, on February 16, 2021. This ...

Microsoft announced on Monday that its Microsoft 365 Defender console now combines information from three of its enterprise security solutions at the "general availability" commercial-release stage.