When all is good, it will display the green check mark on the white shield icon. If something requires your attention, it will display a red cross sign. Windows Defender Security Center act as a ...

Windows 11/10 now display the Windows Defender icon in the Notification Area of your taskbar. In this post, we will see how to hide, disable or remove the Windows Defender icon from the System ...

The Windows Defender antivirus comes with a blue, shield-shaped system tray icon to let you know it’s running. That’s fine, but it’s extra clutter you don’t really need if you don’t want it.

Consumers can enable the feature through the Windows Defender Security Center app by clicking the shield icon and toggling on Controlled folder access. It automatically protects Windows system ...

You can open it from the Start menu or double-clicking the shield icon from ... right-click on Windows 11) a drive, folder, or file and select the "Scan with Microsoft Defender" option from ...

On Windows 10, Microsoft Defender Antivirus is the anti-malware ... the Windows antivirus will be disabled permanently, but the "shield" icon will remain in the Taskbar because the icon is part ...