If you must manually scan different types of content, Microsoft Defender includes at least four different methods, including File Explorer, Windows Security, Command Prompt, and PowerShell.

Your PC is capable of running not one, but two Windows apps designed to protect you and your system against online threats: ...

In today’s post, we will show you how to configure Windows Defender to scan archive files in Windows 11/10. Windows Defender is the built-in security solution in Windows 11/10 and is enabled by ...

In this post, we will see how to change the default scheduled Scan Type in Windows Defender on a Windows 11/10 computer. Now, you need to double-click on the ScanParameters DWORD value and set the ...

After an initial scan and minimal setup ... Microsoft was quite high on the list when I checked, suggesting Windows’ built-in Defender antivirus could be doing more to earn its name.