Microsoft Defender offers solid baseline protection against malware, but sometimes, you might want to disable it. Here's how ...

Both the free and paid editions of TotalAV have a column of three icons at the far left, representing Home, Total Security, ...

Windows 11 PCs deliver layers of security to help keep bad actors at bay. From malware and data protection to trustworthy apps, your credentials, photos, and files are protected. Any software created ...

"Improper authorization of an index that contains sensitive information from a Global Files search in Windows Defender allows ...

Most malware infiltrates your system through the browser you use for web browsing. As a result, you may notice signs of ...

Modern antivirus software often restrict which apps can change files in folders commonly targeted by ransomware. Microsoft Defender, which is built into Windows, can do this too. (Microsoft ...

This is why we find it’s best to disable Defender and use a trusted third-party antivirus. Microsoft doesn’t allow users to uninstall Windows Defender altogether for security reasons.

Unless you have a certain type of ad disabled, Microsoft may show a notification within Windows 11 that includes a "Buy Now" ...

In a statement to Windows Latest, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 11 ads are "notifications" and served to users to help ...

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has revealed notorious Russian threat actor Secret Blizzard has been working with other ...

As the latest Microsoft Digital Defense Report points out, 70% percent of successful human-operated ransomware cyberattacks have applied this technique. Gaining insight into a cyberattacker’s machine ...

In the years since that fateful meeting, I’ve become PCMag’s expert on security, privacy, and identity protection, putting antivirus tools, security suites, and all kinds of security software ...