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

Microsoft is again pushing a Defender Antivirus update (first issued in April and pulled in May) that fixes a known issue triggering Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority (LSA) ...

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

Microsoft Defender, the built-in antivirus software that you would typically find baked into Windows, is coming to iPhone. Defender has already started making its way to macOS, where it provides full ...

On March 18, the Redmond giant said the software will automatically mitigate CVE-2021-26855, a severe vulnerability that is being actively exploited in the wild. This vulnerability is one of four that ...

Why it matters: A lot of people opt for Microsoft Defender as their default antivirus software, given that it comes as part of the Windows OS. But according to a new assessment of several different ...

Microsoft might see the Mac as a threat to its Windows platform, but that won’t stop it from protecting macOS users. The company’s Defender anti-virus software, previously a Windows exclusive, has ...