Windows users are, understandably, given the size of the operating system market share, a prime target for attackers of all kinds, from nation-state espionage actors to hackers and scammers. Windows ...

As hackers and scammers continue to plague the online safety of computer users across the globe with phishing schemes and computer-crashing viruses, it's arguably never been more important to have ...

Last summer's CrowdStrike meltdown caused billions of dollars in damage and exposed some fundamental architectural flaws in the Windows platform. A single flawed update from one vendor was enough to ...

Company slates highly anticipated no-cost security offering for download in the morning; 4.7MB Security Essentials is the Microsoft's replacement for Windows Live OneCare Microsoft confirmed that it ...

1/11/24 update added below. Windows 10 users worldwide report problems installing Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday updates, getting 0x80070643 errors when attempting to install the KB5034441 security ...

The just-released beta of Microsoft Security Essentials is a solid, free tool that protects against malware while taking up few system resources and staying out of your way as much as possible. This ...

Microsoft’s latest addition to its fleet of free applications, Security Essentials, is smaller, fast and efficient, but doesn’t offer the wider range of features that security suites do. The ...