Windows 10 has reached the end of support, which means cybercriminals have it in their sights. You don't have to switch if ...

It’s imperative to keep Microsoft Defender up to date even when Windows Update isn’t working. Here are several methods to manually update Defender. Microsoft Defender is the built-in anti-malware ...

All Windows PCs come with a built-in security feature called Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), which helps prevent unauthorized software from running by allowing only trusted applications.

Microsoft Defender stopped a human-operated ransomware attack that abused Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and ...

Q: Are Windows Defender warnings that pop up with a phone number legit? A: Microsoft’s built-in security tool has improved over the years, and it still blocks plenty of everyday threats. But the ...

Microsoft retires Defender endpoint data alerting, requiring organizations to switch to Purview DLP to avoid losing ...

In a proof-of-concept, a security researcher demonstrated how the Windows Security Center API can be used to block the scans by Microsoft’s built-in antivirus tool. Windows Defender can be tricked ...

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You can enable ASR rules using several management tools, depending on your environment. For individual devices, you can ...

Microsoft has resolved an issue that breaks multiple Microsoft 365 Defender features using the network data reporting service after installing July's Windows Server updates. The Microsoft 365 Defender ...

Windows Sandbox is a built-in Windows feature, and it is best used when you want to run a suspicious file. It uses hardware virtualization to create a tiny, lightweight version of Windows inside your ...

This article provides a concise guide on how to uninstall Microsoft Defender from your Windows operating system. To dive straight in and start uninstalling Windows Defender follow the steps below to ...