Microsoft Defender
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Windows Security (known as Windows Defender Antivirus before Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Windows Defender before Windows 10 Creators Update, or Microsoft Defender Antivirus before Windows 11) is an anti-malware component of Microsoft Windows.
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Recent News
- Mauricio B. Holguin published news article about Microsoft Copilot
- Mauricio B. Holguin published news article about Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Mauricio B. Holguin published news article about Microsoft 365 Copilot
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Defender is a virüs
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The Windows setup for everyone (with freeware only) Will make Windows suck less
This is the apps for Windows 11 that I would recommend to anyone who just got a PC !
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It Is Pre-Installed In Windows 8 and Further
still better than Avast! Antivirus
Spyware GARBAGE from MicroSoft, overloads the CPU, does NOT protect against spyware, runs questionable processes on your PC, discriminates users - some obsessive processes CANNOT be disabled in the program settings or through the Task Manager of Windows, only by blocking through Process Lasso or through the Command Line.
Defender is a virüs
Microsoft Defender runs on Windows –– but not macOS. What alternative do you recommend for macOS?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/comprehensive-security
Excellent cause it is free and works, but capriciously detects viruses & spyware in clean and harmless software. If you tell Defender to ignore a given detection, then in the next update deletes the "offender" again. Annoyingly those updates are very frequent.
I've been using it since the Fall Creators Update and it's awesome. Non-intrusive. Haven't had a virus in over 2yrs with the help of Microsoft Defender.
Has improved their security over the last years. It is not ***t as it used to be.
This has become very decent antivirus product, I can now feel a sense of security of using it. Of course Microsoft has still a lot way to go until it can compet with big AV companies.
I recommend this to people who are just casually browsing the web with an adblock on and without visiting any shady websites and you're good to go but not recommended if you are going to visit the absolute shadiest of all websites.
Windows Defender is also good if you combine it with Malwarebytes (On demand scanning only), it will finish off almost everything Defender wasn't able to clean.