Formerly known as Windows Defender, Microsoft Defender is an antivirus protection program that's included with Windows 10.

Learn how to open and configure Windows Defender settings in Windows 11 to protect your PC from viruses and online threats.

Antivirus programs are comprehensive packages that not only detect and block virus types, but often also include functions to protect against phishing and ransomware as well as other features such as ...

A new tool called 'Defendnot' can disable Microsoft Defender on Windows devices by registering a fake antivirus product, even when no real AV is installed. The trick utilizes an undocumented Windows ...

Defender will continue to provide security even for unsupported Windows 10 PCs. But Microsoft still wants you to move to Windows 11.