Video: When it comes to malware, Windows 10 is twice as secure as Windows 7. Microsoft's Windows Defender ranks seventh out of 15 antivirus (AV) products in an independent test. But the results don't ...

Ever since Windows 11 came out, Microsoft has made a big fuss over why its new operating system is the most secure Windows OS ever. The company constantly nudges users who are on older Windows ...

Microsoft Defender ATP Provides a Safe Sandbox to Test Security Need a safe place to test your security? Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) evaluation lab can get a virtual machine ...

Microsoft Defender had one of the rare moments of not being at the best in AV-TEST's previous result. The product suffered a heavy defeat and came in last place. This is the opposite of what typically ...

A Dec. 12 posting to Microsoft’s security update guide has confirmed that a Windows Defender vulnerability, rated as critical according to Microsoft itself, could have enabled an attacker who ...

Microsoft is still not "done" with Windows 10 "Redstone 4" -- the next release of Windows likely to be named Spring Creators Update/1803. On March 13, Microsoft rolled out to Insider testers in the ...

Update, March 31, 2025: This story, originally published March 29, has been updated with an explanation of LOLBINS as well as further technical information regarding the Windows Defender Application ...

Your PC is capable of running not one, but two Windows apps designed to protect you and your system against online threats: Windows Security and Microsoft Defender. Telling them apart can be tricky, ...

Microsoft last week announced a new security sandbox capability called the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP) evaluation lab. Microsoft Defender ATP evaluation lab is ...