Windows Defender supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft's Windows Defender product manager Mike Chan says the anti-spyware utility, which was originally acquired when ...

If you’re a Chrome user, you’ll have one more choice this week for defense against phishing while you’re on the internet. Even though Microsoft and Google compete in a number of areas — Windows 10’s ...

Microsoft announced the general availability of the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) programmatic application programming interface (API) which allows customers to create their custom ...

Microsoft has recently addressed a weakness in the Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows that allowed attackers to plant and execute malicious payloads without triggering Defender's malware ...

After many years of relying on third-party antivirus programs, Windows users finally got the first-party solution from Microsoft in the form of Windows Defender. With Windows 11, the tool comes ...

Microsoft says it is stepping up security for users of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint by changing a key setting, switching the default from optional automatic malware fixes to fully automatic ...

MONFORT HEIGHTS, OHIO — Have a computer with Microsoft Windows on it? Then you need to watch for an email that's targeting many people saying it's time to renew your account. David Anderson was ...

Microsoft’s free built-in security software for Windows PCs, Defender Antivirus, provides excellent anti-malware protection for Windows PCs. However, it lacks some extras found in third-party products ...

Microsoft says it has cracked open the notorious FinFisher government spyware to design new ways to detect it and protect Windows and Office users. FinFisher is sold to law-enforcement agencies around ...

There is (or was) a vulnerability in Windows Defender, but you don't have to worry about it. That's the short version. The longer version, for those who are interested, is that Microsoft detected a ...

Microsoft no longer officially supports Windows 10, so do this if you want to keep using your older PC securely.