Firewalls scan data sent to your computer for malware and attempt to block files or other data they deem suspicious. Like ...

Fortunately, there's an excellent online tool called VirusTotal that can help. It's a website that scans and analyzes ...

Microsoft is preparing to ship a powerful new AI automation layer into Windows 11, and it is warning users that the same ...

Microsoft keeps injecting AI into Windows, and now even the company itself is admitting that there are safety risks in doing so.

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Ransomware is nasty stuff. This type of malware encrypts files on your PC so that you can’t access them—unless you pay the attacker to unlock the data. In other words, your files are held hostage ...

Some PC users have reported cases whereby the Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus fails to work on their Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer and in Windows Security app. Under ...

Why it matters: A lot of people opt for Microsoft Defender as their default antivirus software, given that it comes as part of the Windows OS. But according to a new assessment of several different ...

Microsoft might see the Mac as a threat to its Windows platform, but that won’t stop it from protecting macOS users. The company’s Defender anti-virus software, previously a Windows exclusive, has ...

Microsoft recently revealed that it's enhancing protection against dangerous file types and malicious URLs in Teams chats and channels. "Microsoft Teams now blocks messages containing weaponizable ...