Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.

Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.

Windows Defender is a built-in antivirus tool that many people use for online security. Over the years, it has gained popularity for being efficient, easy to use, and non-intrusive. However, it also ...

And it's almost always disabled.

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Microsoft quietly removed a Windows 11 blog claiming built-in security is enough for most users, possibly after backlash from ...

TL;DR: Microsoft is discontinuing the VPN functionality in Microsoft Defender, which was available only to Microsoft 365 subscribers in the US and UK. The feature offered basic VPN coverage, and will ...

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Microsoft is getting rid of the VPN offered through Microsoft Defender. As spotted by Windows Latest, the company updated its support pages for privacy protection, its built-in VPN, to notify users ...

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