Microsoft’s free security software passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, an independent testing company said today. AV-Test GmbH tested Windows Security Essentials, the free software ...

We explore how Windows Security and Microsoft Defender protect your Windows 11 computer and why you might want to consider an alternative. Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since ...

Microsoft will limit the number of downloads for the beta of Windows Security Essentials, its new free antivirus software, when it posts the program later today. Downloads will be capped at 75,000, a ...

Microsoft will block users running counterfeit copies of Windows from installing the free Security Essentials antivirus software, the head of the company’s anti-piracy group said yesterday. Security ...

Third-party apps and tools have always been a major part of the Windows experience. In fact, there are certain programs I make it a point to install immediately after setting up a fresh Windows PC ...

Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of hours into understanding how websites and online businesses work. She's shared what she's learned on blogs ...

Whether you wanted to unarchive a file or take a screenshot, you had to install a third-party app for most of the actions you wanted to perform on Windows back in the Windows XP days. Since then, ...

Using a Windows 11 PC is a great experience, but what about protecting it from cybercriminals with bad intentions? Fortunately, your Windows 11 PC comes with Windows Security built in, and it does a ...

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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.

Once upon a time, an antivirus program would be the one of the first pieces of software you would install on a new Windows PC. Now, that’s much less common. Many users instead now rely on the Windows ...

Microsoft will block users running counterfeit copies of Windows from installing the free Security Essentials antivirus software, the head of the company's anti-piracy group said yesterday. Security ...