Here's how you can disable Windows Defender SmartScreen on Windows 11 to ... If you want to turn off the filter for files and executables, turn off Check apps and files and Potentially unwanted ...

Facepalm: Microsoft Defender should provide plenty of security features for Windows-based home and enterprise customers. Some of those features, however, are turning against users and making ...

Windows Defender ATP -- the built-in antivirus package used by Windows 10 -- combines layers of machine-learning models, behaviour-based detection algorithms, generics, and heuristics to rapidly ...

Windows 10 users can check their Windows Defender version by going to Windows Security, clicking on the Settings cog icon in the bottom left of the screen, and then selecting About. Checking the ...

Windows Defender will not update its definitions if Windows Updates is not set to Install updates automatically in Windows 11/10/8.1/8.If for some reason you have changed your settings and ...

If you want to allow Apps through Controlled Folder, it is now possible to add desktop software so that they can access files which are protected by Windows Defender Ransomware protection.

Head back to the Virus & threat protection section on the Windows Security app Now, scroll down to Virus & threat protection updates and click on the Check for updates button. Enable Ransomware ...

In Windows Defender, you can also change Edge's SmartScreen to merely warn you when you are about to download a file it deems suspicious instead of it outright blocking it.