Microsoft has confirmed that they no longer allow Microsoft Defender to be disabled via the Windows 10 Registry to support the Tamper Protection security feature. When Windows 10 1903 was released, it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. There are a number of antivirus, anti-malware, and internet ...

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.

Windows Defender is being rebranded to Microsoft Defender to indicate that it now part of a cross platform family of products. This includes enterprise products, which offer solutions for multiple OS ...

Windows Defender Antivirus has a maximum 50% CPU usage for a scan by default in Windows 11/10. But, you can specify a percentage of CPU usage you want Windows Defender Antivirus to not exceed. In this ...

The Protection History page shows detections by Windows Defender and provides detailed and easier-to-understand information about threats and available actions. It now includes Controlled Folder ...