If you see Windows Defender throw up an error code 0x80073afc when you boot your Windows computer or when you try to run Windows Defender manually, then the cause for ...

A really simple fix for the Windows Defender alert that states items were skipped during a scan has been discovered and it involves just enabling network scanning. Over the weekend, we reported that ...

Microsoft has resolved an issue that breaks multiple Microsoft 365 Defender features using the network data reporting service after installing July's Windows Server updates. The Microsoft 365 Defender ...

If you have a Windows 10 or 11 machine with an Intel Core CPU from the 8th-through-11th generations, you definitely want to read this post. As it happens, Windows Defender's real-time protection on ...

A couple of days ago Google Project Zero researchers alerted their Twitter followers, and Microsoft, of a 'crazy bad' Windows Defender bug. Tavis Ormandy said that he and Natalie Silvanovich had ...

Security researcher Tavis Ormandy, one of Microsoft’s biggest critics, praises Microsoft for its rapid response to a newly discovered security hole It’s like Pepsi declaring that Coke won a taste test ...

Why it matters: Microsoft has released a crucial bug-fixing update to its Windows Defender antimalware application. Its arrival means that some unlucky Firefox users should now get a much smoother and ...

A recent update to Microsoft Defender has led some Windows users to lose shortcuts to their programs. The bizarre issue resulted in Windows icons and applications shortcuts being removed from the ...