The enhanced Windows Defender, SmartScreen, boot system, and password protection are the most noticeable security improvements in Windows 8. But the new OS has even more system enhancements that ...

Microsoft's Windows Defender ATP service, which provides pre- and post-breach detection and investigation, is finally generally available for Windows 7 and 8.1.

Windows Defender is a native component of Windows 10, but the upgrade process from Windows 7 and 8.1 within the corporate environment costs both time and money. Large companies simply can’t ...

Windows Defender automatically comes with Windows 8, which saves you the cost and time burden of buying a separate application. This security tool provides the real-time protection that Microsoft ...

Microsoft's free antivirus comes built-in to Windows 8 as Windows Defender, but it doesn't have an option to scan individual files by right-clicking on them. Our friends at the How-To Geek show us ...

The Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service can now be used to help address security issues with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 clients.

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Microsoft's security software that combines end-point security and data collection with cloud analytics, has hitherto been unique to Windows 10.

A Windows 8.1 computer can run Windows Defender and McAfee's security suite at the same time, but shouldn't run the Defender Pro security suite and McAfee's security suite simultaneously.

Some Windows 7 and 8.1 users are noticing that their automatic anti-malware protection has been turned off and are seeing out-of-date virus definitions. A definition update fix is available now.

Microsoft’s Windows Defender isn’t great. In terms of protection, you can argue that it’s not even that good. Still, at least as far as its overall standing is concerned, it’s improving.