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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...