That changed after Microsoft bundled Defender with Windows 8, and it emerged that one major reason for a lack of protection was that the PC's anti-virus software subscription had expired. With ...

Turning it on is pretty simple: type in "Ransomware Protection" in the Windows 10 Cortana search bar (typically in the bottom lower left of the screen) then select the "Ransomware Protection" screen.

PrintNightmare and Edge Legacy With the new Windows 10 21H2 security baseline, Redmond removed all Microsoft Edge Legacy settings after its EdgeHTML-based web browser reached end of support in March.

Microsoft has a new Defender anti-virus update for Windows 11 and 10 images. The new update patches several flaws.

The trick involves just going to your Windows 10 Start Menu and searching for “ransomware protection,” as discovered by PCGamesSN. This will then prompt you to open up the Ransomware ...

Thus Microsoft says that these updated definitions essentially help close this protection gap. Microsoft delivered the latest security definitions for Windows images via security intelligence ...

In Windows 10, Microsoft added a new ransomware protection feature called Controlled Folder Access that can be used to prevent modifications to files in protected folders by unknown programs. At ...

Microsoft has released yet another faulty update, and this time it appears to be causing some serious issues with Windows Defender, the built-in antivirus software that comes with Windows 10.

With the release of Windows 10 version 1903 (May 2019 Update), Microsoft has made its operating system a more secure platform by default thanks to a feature called Tamper Protection. As ZDNet ...

Microsoft has admitted to disabling anti-virus software, but only as part of updating Windows 10 Microsoft has admitted that it does temporarily disable anti-virus software on Windows PCs ...