Microsoft Defender “Cerdigent” alerts may stem from DigiCert certificate abuse, not active malware infections.

Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus ...

Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.

Security researchers have been warning for some time about the “Windows Defender security warning” scam, where The Windows Defender alert appears in the browser but is actually a fake, designed to ...

To address this, Microsoft has invested significant effort into Microsoft Defender (formerly Windows Defender), the antivirus ...

Defender is 'usually sufficient,' it says in a blog post that might rile up the antivirus industry.

For years, installing a third-party antivirus on a Windows PC felt non-negotiable. Today, however, the landscape has changed. Microsoft has improved its built-in security suite by adding features such ...

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