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Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT). The hacking group ...

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Users who put their faith in Vista’s new security features and Microsoft’s Windows Defender antispyware product may find themselves under attack from spyware all the same, according to the results of ...

Most modern Windows PCs rely on Microsoft Defender as their first line of defense against malware. Over the years, it has evolved into a capable and often underrated antivirus that blocks a wide range ...

Scammers are using fake Windows Defender pop-ups with real looking phone numbers to trick users. These fraudulent warnings are not from Microsoft and aim to gain remote access to your computer. A ...

The new name, said Jason Garms, the group program manager for Microsoft's anti-malware team, "is about what Windows will do for customers, defending them from spyware and other unwanted software." ...

Microsoft Windows Defender is the default security feature on every Windows 11 PC. It’s one of the OS’s most useful features because it works continuously in the background to detect and prevent ...

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