New Windows Defender Alert Is Worrying Windows 10 Users. ByGordon Kelly, Former Contributor. I write about technology's biggest companies. Mar 24, 2020, 11:49am EDT Mar 26, 2020, 07:32pm EDT.

When I checked where Windows Defender had actually detected the threat, it was in the Fan Control app I use to intelligently cool my PC. Windows Defender had broken it, and that’s why my fans ...

Windows Defender also appears to trigger alerts if you have other third-party monitoring software installed, including Libre Hardware Monitor, MSI Afterburner, SteelSeries Engine, Razer Synapse ...

These alerts stated that "Windows Defender Antivirus scan skipped an item due to an exclusion or network scanning settings" but did not provide any further information as to what was causing it.

However, just days after the latest Windows 10 update, KB4520062, was released, Microsoft is advising that some users, "should not install this update," as it can break the Windows Defender ...

A really simple fix for the Windows Defender alert that states items were skipped during a scan has been discovered and it involves just enabling network scanning. Lawrence Abrams March 23, 2020 ...

All modern Windows PCs come with Microsoft Defender built in. For the unaware, this tool is Windows’ native antivirus. Over time, it has matured into a reliable security tool capable of blocking ...

Microsoft Defender False Ransomware Alert. As per a news story by Bleeping Computer, Windows system admins have reported that there have been numerous false alerts after Microsoft Defender for ...

Unfortunately, Windows Defender is setting the counters to mode 2 at random intervals for random durations of time. This can occur while a PC is booting up or at any point afterward.

Windows Firewall is enabled by default and should still be enabled unless you've disabled it manually or installed a third-party firewall. To check if your Windows Defender Firewall is connected, ...

Your PC is capable of running not one, but two Windows apps designed to protect you and your system against online threats: Windows Security and Microsoft Defender. Telling them apart can be ...