Windows Defender is a high-performing antivirus program that outperforms industry standards. AV-Test's Windows antivirus list reports Windows Defender's strong performance in protection.

Microsoft Defender is an essential part of Windows 11 that helps keep your computer safe from all kinds of threats. It's a ...

Here’s what she described: "I received a pop-up that froze my computer and read, ‘Access to this system is blocked for security reasons’ from Windows Defender Security Center. It came with ...

Microsoft Defender, which is built into Windows, can do this too. (Microsoft changed the name from Windows Defender several years ago, but it’s the same program.) Some antivirus suites also run ...

Windows Security will send notifications with critical information about the health and security of your device. You can specify which informational notifications you want. By default, you will be ...

Phishing Protection in Windows 11 used to turn off on reboot, especially when using a PIN, but this week's security release ...

The big new addition with this release is the Windows Defender Application Control for Business (WDAC), which, as the name suggests, adds some new security features for Windows Server 2025.

Microsoft announced today that it has expanded support for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (formerly known as Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection) to Windows 10 on ARM and the feature is ...

Windows Defender can be a bit strict at times and blocks some of the non-malicious applications. We have noticed Apple iCloud for Windows is not working as Windows Defender is blocking ...

Tech expert Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson says a tech support scam used a fake Windows Defender pop-up, tricking the victim to ...