Microsoft wants Windows 11 owners to stop worrying about buying antivirus software. In statements reported by PCMag and Windows Central earlier this year, the company called its built-in Windows ...

Microsoft has reaffirmed that Windows 11’s built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus offers sufficient protection for most users, provided default settings, regular updates, and safe browsing habits are ...

Microsoft published a new Defender update when it released its October 2024 Patch Tuesday (it did not release any in November.) This update package is necessary as a Windows installation image may ...

Windows remains one of the most targeted systems by threat actors by volume, according to recent statistics from AV-TEST, ...

Is Microsoft Defender slowing down your PC? Is Microsoft Defender Good Enough? Here's all you need to know! Windows 11: Defender is now much more effective against ransomware. Microsoft has announced ...

Microsoft is ending Windows 10 support for most users on October 14, 2025 and the company has been urging users to upgrade to Windows 11. But in what seems to be a tacit acknowledgment that a lot of ...

Some Windows 11 users are running into a problem with Microsoft Defender. Reports from ITHome say Win 11 24H2 users noticed their virus definitions haven’t updated for a while Protect your data on ...

Windows Defender is a crucial security tool designed to protect your system from harmful files and malware in Windows 11/10. However, dealing with it can sometimes be frustrating, as it mistakenly ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. Schools faced more ransomware attacks than hospitals or governments faced in 2023, ...

Here’s what you need to know about the latest updates to Windows 11 as they’re released from Microsoft. Now updated for ...