Is Windows 10 blocking one of your apps? Use this guide to disable the SmartScreen on a per-app basis.

A design flaw in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that enables attackers to launch programs without triggering security warnings has been under exploitation since at least 2018.

Microsoft's Windows Defender antivirus has a new job, heading up Windows Defender Security Center and uniting all the OS safety features in one convenient location.

It's called Smart App Control and it's kind of like Windows Defender SmartScreen on steroids. This new feature aims to prevent malicious apps from being installed by unwitting users.

SmartScreen is a similar feature introduced in Windows 8 that will protect Windows from potentially malicious content if Smart App Control is not enabled.

After many years of relying on third-party antivirus programs, Windows users finally got the first-party solution from Microsoft in the form of Window.

Though the threat may be patched up by Windows, you could still be at risk for this Windows SmartScreen malware threat. Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses the issue.

Newly-discovered methods have surfaced that get around Windows' built-in checks for malicious downloads.

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT). For Windows users ...

The vulnerability in question impacts Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen, resulting from inadequate checks on Internet Shortcut (.url) files. Threat actors leverage this loophole by creating .url ...

Microsoft has released the first public preview of its Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) app for Android phones.