PC World has outlined five Microsoft Defender settings it says can improve security and performance on new Windows PCs, while PCMag highlights areas where the built-in antivirus falls short of ...

What can you do when a noted security expert dishes out bad security advice? I guess you can try thinking clearly.

PC World shares practical Microsoft Defender settings adjustments to enhance security and efficiency, while MUO explains how to use Windows Event Viewer to view historical records of app installations ...

PCWorld outlines five essential Windows Defender configuration changes to optimize security and performance on new Windows ...

Microsoft Defender is flagging “Cerdigent” trojan malware alerts on Windows 11 and Windows Server PCs across multiple regions ...

Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in ...

Microsoft claims Windows Defender is all the protection you need. I've been testing antivirus software for decades, and the ...

Although the team with Microsoft moved swiftly to patch the BlueHammer vulnerability, other exploits still threaten Microsoft Defender and Windows users. No less than ...

Hackers have broken into at least one organization using Windows vulnerabilities published online by a disgruntled security researcher over the last two weeks, according to a cybersecurity firm. On ...

New PoC shows how Microsoft Defender can be tricked into rewriting malicious files into protected locations, enabling SYSTEM-level privilege escalation on fully patched Windows systems. Days after ...

A researcher known as "Chaotic Eclipse" has published a proof-of-concept exploit for a second Microsoft Defender zero-day, dubbed "RedSun," in the past two weeks, protesting how the company works with ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Last week, we learned that the FBI accessed a ...