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

Most modern Windows PCs rely on Microsoft Defender as their first line of defense against malware. Over the years, it has evolved into a capable and often underrated antivirus that blocks a wide range ...

A security researcher built a program that the OS sees as an antivirus Since two AV programs can't run at the same time, Windows Defender turns itself off Previous iteration was taken down for ...

Hi,<br><br>Windows keeps telling me that Defender's virus definitions are obsolete but Windows update keeps telling me it's up to date.<br><br>While searching for solutions i came across a lot of ...

A Dec. 12 posting to Microsoft’s security update guide has confirmed that a Windows Defender vulnerability, rated as critical according to Microsoft itself, could have enabled an attacker who ...

Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.

Morning All (In Europe).<BR><BR>I walked into the office this morning to see something quite scary pop up on my screen.<BR>Windows Defender for the first time popped up warning me I hadn't scanned my ...

Microsoft is working to mitigate an ongoing incident that has been blocking access to some Defender XDR portal capabilities for the past 10 hours.