The latest Windows Defender update has added the option to block drivers with “security vulnerabilities”. Microsoft VP David Weston announced the addition on Twitter over the weekend.

Microsoft says that if you have another antivirus app installed and turned on, Microsoft Defender will turn off automatically. Click the Windows logo in the bottom left of your screen (or centre, if ...

Click Windows Components, and then select Microsoft Defender Antivirus. 6. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and look for Turn off Microsoft Defender Antivirus .

Microsoft Defender has apps for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, providing different security features depending on the platform. Defender also doubles as a cross-platform anti-virus app, but the ...

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 ...

Defender is currently built into Windows 10, offering antivirus protection by default. The company is currently offering it to ‘a small group’ of enterprise customers.

Google already provides its own protections against malicious links within Chrome, so Microsoft’s addition does seem superfluous. Microsoft does claim that its Windows Defender protection ...