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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.

Here are the basics: Microsoft Defender is the virus protection integrated into Windows by default. If no other antivirus program is installed and activated, Defender protects you against viruses. You ...

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When performing a full antivirus scan using Windows Defender, a recent definition update or Windows update is causing the program to crash in the middle of a scan. We first heard about this issue from ...

Microsoft's built-in security software has improved enormously, but it still has a few shortcomings. A reader writes in to ask: Can it get the job done as well as a third-party antivirus utility?

The Windows Security application does not allow you to change the scheduled scan type, but with the help of a few methods, we can change it from Quick Scan to Full Scan. In this post, we will see how ...

You can update Microsoft Defender inside a Windows 10 installation image, and in this guide, we'll show you the steps to complete this task. When you purchase through ...