First introduced with the launch of Windows 7, Defender has largely proven to be a pretty decent bit of integrated virus protection for all versions of the operating system released since.

The problem started manifesting around June 11, when German blogger Günter Born noticed that Windows Defender on Windows 7 systems wasn't receiving automatic definition updates via the OS' built ...

How to Start Windows Defender Service Manually. Windows Defender automatically comes with Windows 8, which saves you the cost and time burden of buying a separate application.

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.

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Windows 7 and 8.1 users are noticing that their automatic anti-malware protection has been turned off and are seeing out-of-date virus definitions.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 in-house security app, the Microsoft Defender is available for download on Windows 11/10 computers. They first got things underway by releasing a preview version of this app, ...

Windows Security comes pre-installed on all PCs running Windows 11 or Windows 10, as does Microsoft Defender. Both are free to use, but you wonâ t get advanced Microsoft Defender features like ...