The Microsoft Defender antivirus product built into Windows 10 and 11 is generally good enough at detecting and removing malware that most people don’t need to pay for a separate antivirus product.

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is launching a new Defender cybersecurity app across Windows, macOS, iOS ...

Microsoft Defender, the company’s security app, is now available to any individual who has a subscription to Microsoft 365, the online productivity suite that includes Word, Excel, and more. Different ...

Enhanced phishing protection in Microsoft Defender is a security feature designed to guard against phishing attacks that attempt to steal users’ personal or login information. It works by actively ...

New warning issued for Chrome users. Microsoft has just issued a new warning for Chrome users after discovering a sophisticated new attack that steals “credentials stored in the browser, digital ...

Earlier in February, Mozilla accused Microsoft of using dark patterns to trick Windows users into installing the Edge browser. Mozilla claimed that the Redmond-based tech giant was forcing the Edge ...

Microsoft Defender and CrowdStrike provide robust endpoint protection software, but one of them comes out consistently superior. See how the features of these EDR tools compare. In user tests of ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the "general availability" commercial release of "differentiated protection for priority accounts" for Microsoft Defender for Office 365 users. The priority account ...

Microsoft to remove VPN from M365 users. Update, Feb. 4, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 3, now includes a statement from Microsoft about the removal of ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced the gradual end of its Windows Information Protection (WIP) service, which is designed to keep users of Microsoft 365 apps from inadvertently disclosing organizational ...

Microsoft announced that the new Windows 11 build rolling out to Insiders in the Canary channel comes with increased protection against phishing attacks and support for SHA-3 cryptographic hash ...