Here are the basics: Microsoft Defender is the virus protection integrated into Windows by default. If no other antivirus program is installed and activated, Defender protects you against viruses ...

When Microsoft Defender is mentioned, most users think of the antivirus software included in Windows (currently called Windows Security). On the one hand, this is correct, as the antivirus engine ...

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 announced today that Windows Defender is the first antivirus to gain the ability to run inside a sandbox environment. In software design, a "sandbox" is a security mechanism that works ...

Formerly known as Windows Defender, Microsoft Defender is an antivirus protection program that's included with Windows 10.

In a proof-of-concept, a security researcher demonstrated how the Windows Security Center API can be used to block the scans by Microsoft’s built-in antivirus tool.

We explore how Windows Security and Microsoft Defender protect your Windows 11 computer and why you might want to consider an alternative.

Windows Downloading and Installing Windows Defender Antivirus Windows Security is built-in to Windows 10 and includes an antivirus program called Microsoft Defender Antivirus. If you have another ...

Windows Defender does a decent job of blocking malware but lacks many of the protection features found in suites like Trend Micro Internet Security.

After extensive research, we don’t recommend that most Windows computers use any antivirus software aside from the free, built-in Windows Defender.