ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft Defender will continue to work in Windows 10.Defender will receive regular security updates ...

Antivirus software acts as a performance brake, especially on older PCs. However, with a few tricks you can significantly ...

Formerly known as Windows Defender, Microsoft Defender is an antivirus protection program that's included with Windows 10.

Microsoft has confirmed earlier today that it has fixed a major issue with Windows Defender wherein it would incorrectly display "Local Security Authority protection is off" even when the feature was ...

Windows 10 was initially released in July 2015, around three years after the release of Windows 8. The update’s main priority was to roll back some of Windows 8’s more divisive user interface changes, ...

Why it matters: Microsoft has released a crucial bug-fixing update to its Windows Defender antimalware application. Its arrival means that some unlucky Firefox users should now get a much smoother and ...

Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in most of the west and several system admins across multiple IT companies definitely felt that yesterday. That's because Microsoft Defender went rogue and ...

The problem arose when Firefox was running, leading Windows Defender’s Antimalware Service Executable (Msmpeng.exe) to act up, causing a significant increase in CPU usage. Users reported that their ...