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A: Windows Defender Antivirus (known simply as Windows Defender in the past) is a fully capable means of antivirus protection for Windows PCs. Is it a replacement for other free versions of threat ...

Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.

You can always view the Microsoft Defender Antivirus protection history on Windows 10, and here's how to complete the task using Windows Security and PowerShell. When you purchase through links on our ...

Here are the basics: Microsoft Defender is the virus protection integrated into Windows by default. If no other antivirus program is installed and activated, Defender protects you against viruses. You ...

In this post, we will show you how to exclude programs, files, and folders from scanning in McAfee, Kaspersky, Norton Avast, AVG, Bitdefender, Malwarebytes, etc. antivirus scans in Windows 11/10. When ...