When I checked where Windows Defender had actually detected the threat, it was in the Fan Control app I use to intelligently ...

Some Windows PC owners woke up earlier this week to find their computers suddenly spamming them with Windows Defender alerts about a new "HackTool" called WinRing0. While these alerts are certainly ...

For instance, fan control applications were affected, leading to fans running at high speeds after the tool was quarantined.

Windows Security and Microsoft Defender. Telling them apart can be tricky, though. Thanks to a few name changes, what’s old ...

The Protection History page shows detections by Windows Defender and provides detailed and easier-to-understand information about threats and available actions. It now includes Controlled Folder ...

Some PC users may encounter Windows Defender error code 0x8050800c while updating Microsoft Defender or running a scan on their Windows 10 or Windows 11 device. If ...

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The big new addition with this release is the Windows Defender Application Control for Business (WDAC), which, as the name suggests, adds some new security features for Windows Server 2025.

Microsoft published a new Defender update when it released its October 2024 Patch Tuesday (it did not release any in November.) This update package is necessary as a Windows installation image may ...