When you launch Windows Security on Windows 11, you may see a message You’re using other antivirus providers. This prevents you from activating the Real-time protection of Windows Defender ...

Windows Security is built-in to Windows 10 and includes an antivirus program called Microsoft Defender Antivirus. If you have another antivirus app installed and turned on, Microsoft Defender ...

You can access the Windows Defender scan history by opening the Windows security app and clicking the Virus and Threat Protection option. After this, select the Threat history.

While most antivirus software subscriptions start with installation and setup, most of that work is already done if you use Microsoft Defender for Windows. It’s an antivirus solution that’s ...

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.