Happy New Year, y'all. Look what Microsoft gave me for a present. For the record, I'm running XP, SP2, on an HP Pavilion. I had been running Windows Defender Beta 2. Yesterday the beta expired. Today ...

Microsoft has released a special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Servers This update is meant to bring improved security and performance to Windows install images. Microsoft ...

Free Windows Defender Offline tool looks to be Standalone System Sweeper with a new name and support for Windows 8 Last week Microsoft released (or perhaps I should say re-released) a beta version of ...

Windows Defender Beta 2 refuses to update. When I tried to update from within the program it said Windows Defender was unable to complete the update : 0x8007064c. The installation source for this ...

For most people using a supported and fully updated Windows 11 computer, yes: Microsoft Defender Antivirus and the other protections inside Windows Security are sufficient as the primary antivirus.