A new tool called 'Defendnot' can disable Microsoft Defender on Windows devices by registering a fake antivirus product, even ...

Microsoft Defender Antivirus does a decent job of securing Windows 10 and 11 PCs without other antivirus protection, though ...

When Microsoft Defender is mentioned, most users think of the antivirus software included in Windows (currently called ...

Microsoft Office and Defender will support Windows 10 through at least 2028 (even though Windows 10 support ends this year) ...

To configure a whitelist, you need the Windows on-board tool Local Security Policy. It is included in the Pro versions of ...

If you use the Windows Defender Offline scanning tool, any detections it makes will now also show in this history. Additionally, you will see any pending recommendations (red or yellow states ...

It’s common sense that if you have a Windows PC, you need a third-party security suite to protect it. Right? Well, maybe not. That might’ve been the common sense mantra for decades, but things ...

If when you attempt to run a Microsoft Defender scan on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 device, but the AV scan fails and you receive the error code 0x8007139f, then ...

After all, Microsoft’s Windows Security suite (also known as Windows Defender or Microsoft Defender ... and they might not even be the best tools for the job. I’d much rather use a dedicated ...