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

Tucked inside Windows is a handy malware-removal tool that keeps working in the background and proves surprisingly useful ...

Windows 11 comes with an "agentic AI" feature, which is to say a built-in chatbot that can make changes. Microsoft warns that ...

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The alert follows the discontinuation of support for Windows 10, which means it will no longer receive automatic security and ...

Here are the basics: Microsoft Defender is the virus protection integrated into Windows by default. If no other antivirus program is installed and activated, Defender protects you against viruses. You ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. announced plans Tuesday to acquire a company whose software aims to protect corporate networks from e-mail borne threats and said it would sell a product based on the ...

You can't always tell if a virus has taken over a Windows computer, but many anti-virus programs leave no doubt about their presence. They'll embed toolbars in Web ...

Microsoft’s push to make Windows 11 a fully AI PC operating system continues, with the company planning to roll out new AI agents that can complete tasks and make changes on your behalf. But the ...