A really simple fix for the Windows Defender alert that states items were skipped during a scan has been discovered and it involves just enabling network scanning. Over the weekend, we reported that ...

Windows users have a built-in antivirus program that is expected to be on the job looking for viruses and other threats that could compromise the security of a computer. A major bug has been reported ...

If when you attempt to run a Microsoft Defender scan on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 device, but the AV scan fails and you receive the error code 0x8007139f, then ...

Many Windows users attempt to open the Windows Defender Scans folder to remove Windows Defender history but find that they can’t access it. If a double-click is not opening the Windows Defender Scans ...

I prefer to have all my scheduled system tasks centralised...so I'd like to schedule a Defender scan using the *Vista's Task Scheduler*, rather than configuring it with the scan options in Defender ...

Windows 10 has a fantastic set of built-in security tools. In recent years, Windows Defender, the built-in antivirus for Windows 10, has performed as well as (and sometimes even better than) the major ...

Microsoft this week announced that its Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management solution can now scan Windows devices that are lacking certain agent support. This capability, called "authenticated ...

Windows Defender supports Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft's Windows Defender product manager Mike Chan says the anti-spyware utility, which was originally acquired when ...

Windows Defender was recently boosted by an industry-respected AV Test report that gave it a perfect rating alongside F-Secure Safe 17 and Norton Security 22 for home antivirus protection. The ...

Microsoft has recently addressed a weakness in the Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows that allowed attackers to plant and execute malicious payloads without triggering Defender's malware ...