Tucked inside Windows is a handy malware-removal tool that keeps working in the background and proves surprisingly useful ...

MRT.exe stands for Malicious Software Removal Tool. It’s a free Microsoft tool designed to scan for and remove malware from ...

I’m smart enough to engineer a trip to Honolulu a couple of times a year — but somehow, with only a couple of weeks to go till I get to paradise, I wind up in Chelmsford, Mass., where the temperature ...

Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Defender antivirus, exploited in the wild by threat actors before the patch was released. Zero-days are vulnerabilities actively ...

Microsoft antivirus software Security Essentials failed a test by the well-known AV-Test institute, which issues out certifications for the most reliable antivirus programs. The test on Microsoft’s ...

A cybersecurity expert has issued a warning to Microsoft Windows users, urging them to make a crucial change to their ...

Infostealer malware has been on the rise recently, and that's evident from the billions of user records leaked online in the past year alone. This type of malware targets everything from your name, ...

Microsoft might see the Mac as a threat to its Windows platform, but that won’t stop it from protecting macOS users. The company’s Defender anti-virus software, previously a Windows exclusive, has ...

Microsoft has ended support for Windows 10, meaning it will no longer receive automatic security and feature updates.

Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare came in dead last out of a group of 17 anti-virus programs tested against hundreds of thousands of worms, viruses, Trojan horses and other malware, an Austrian ...

AV vendors, in fierce competition for users, should remember that cooperation is key in fighting malware, a top Microsoft security official said Friday. Data sharing between vendors has resulted in a ...

If you've ever rocked with a Microsoft operating system at any point in your life, you're probably familiar with Microsoft Defender Antivirus. It's been with the OS since the early 90's when it was ...