Windows Defender, the Redmond, Wash., developer's free-of-charge anti-spyware program for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, went final in late October. However, the last beta -- dubbed Beta 2 -- ...

It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

A reader asked if the free Windows Defender is enough. Should he pay for an antivirus program? After a lot of research on this issue, I say no. Windows Defender, which is part of Windows, is good ...

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 ...

Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.

Microsoft Corp. has posted a second beta version of Windows Defender, its free spyware-removal tool. The program is in a name-change transition: Windows Defender initially was called Windows ...

A security researcher built a program that the OS sees as an antivirus Since two AV programs can't run at the same time, Windows Defender turns itself off Previous iteration was taken down for ...

Microsoft Defender is the built-in anti-malware package that’s included with modern Windows operating systems. It’s alternatively known as Windows Security (it ...

If Microsoft Defender has begun issuing warnings on your gaming PC for a “Winring0 vulnerable driver,” you have a major choice to make: you can set an exception and exempt popular RGB and fan control ...