Subscribing to an antivirus suite kept you safe a long time ago, but they're much less useful for most people today.

Microsoft recently published a blog post stating that most people can rely on Microsoft Defender for all their antivirus needs. This isn’t the worst advice I’ve seen. Microsoft Defender reliably earns ...

Microsoft Defender has gone from a placeholder to something you can reasonably trust. For a lot of people, Defender is good enough. But that’s the part that people may miss. “Good enough” depends on ...

The 'ShieldBreak' flaw can let an attacker use Windows Defender to escalate their privileges on the OS. Microsoft previously threatened legal action against the researcher, Nightmare Eclipse. Official ...

Microsoft Defender security intelligence update 1.459.576.0 is rolling out under KB2267602. Here is how to check your version ...

Fortunately, as online threats become ever more sophisticated, so do Internet users' means of defense. As a PR Newswire press release put it in February 2026, "according to industry consultancy firm ...