The Windows Defender Prevented Malicious Software Scam is a Trojan from the Trojan.Tech-Support-Scam family that displays a fake Windows login screen that pretends that the Windows defender has ...

The internet can be a bad place. I know for the most part you likely exist in a carefree state as you browse brownie recipes or discuss how to deal with 30-50 feral hogs, but if you make that one ...

We’ve all loved to hate Microsoft’s free Windows Defender software—it’s been so mediocre that it’s been considered the baseline metric in third-party tests. But recent independent tests show it’s ...

Microsoft just took a major step towards rooting out the Superfish adware, which exposed Lenovo users to man-in-the-middle attacks. Researchers are reporting that Windows Defender, Microsoft’s onboard ...

Windows 8's built-in Windows Defender software was recently put through the equivalent of computer security "Hell Week" by anti-virus firm BitDefender. The built-in security software went up against ...

Microsoft has indirectly denied allegations by security firm Kaspersky Lab that it is using its market dominance to promote its Windows Defender software by bundling it with Windows 10. Kaspersky Lab ...

Firewall shows how well the software and its firewall stopped rogue connections to and from the Internet. For products without a built-in firewall, the default Windows firewall was enabled.

Ever since a sneaky crypto mining malware hitched a ride onto my machine — one I only discovered after it disabled Windows ...

Microsoft has announced that its anti-malware protection is becoming available for users of macOS. Previously known as Windows Defender, the software has been renamed more broadly as "Microsoft ...

Firewall shows how well the software and its firewall stopped rogue connections to and from the Internet. For products without a built-in firewall, the default Windows firewall was enabled.