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 ...

A recent update to Windows 10's Microsoft Defender antivirus solution ironically allows it to download malware and other files to a Windows computer. Legitimate operating system files that can be ...

Both AVG and Windows Defender work to protect your PC from malware and other security threats. They both have major differences in the following aspects. AVG and Windows Defender mainly differ in ...

Microsoft has removed the ability to download files using Windows Defender after it was demonstrated how it could be used by attackers to download malware onto a computer. Last week, we reported that ...

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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.