Windows Defender, now known as Windows Security in Windows 11, is the free security suite that comes with the Operating System. While not a perfect anti-malware software, this built-in anti-malware ...

Toggle the Real-time protection switch off. You may receive a User Account Control (UAC) prompt asking if you want to allow the change to occur. Select Yes. When you're ready to turn system protection ...

Every Windows 10 user should know how to disable Windows Defender in Windows 10. Use this guide to learn how to turn off Microsoft’s antivirus for good. Windows Defender is the security suite that ...

Since Vista, Windows Defender is included with Windows . But… if you are already running something that provides great anti-malware protection, Windows Defender will probably wasting precious ...

Windows Defender isn’t the best antivirus software (even Microsoft admits its first-party solutions aren’t ideal), but it’s enabled by default on Windows 10 Home. In fact, the only way to disable it ...

Trickbot is not a new threat, but it is an evolving one. The latest twist of the banking Trojan knife as far as Windows 10 users are concerned is the addition of new methods to not only evade but ...

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In order to successfully encrypt a victim's data, the Clop CryptoMix Ransomware is now attempting to disable Windows Defender as well as remove the Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes' ...

In the latest Windows 10 builds, Microsoft has taken things to their logical conclusion by removing the option to disable Defender entirely. Microsoft regularly takes flak for removing customization ...