Here is a comparison between Windows Defender for Windows Security Quick, Full, Custom, and Offline Scans - and when you should run them.

Learn how to configure Windows Defender to include mapped network drives during a full scan, for better and improved security and protection.

How to scan for malware on Defender Antivirus Windows 11 automatically scans your computer for malware using the Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

A really simple fix for the Windows Defender alert that states items were skipped during a scan has been discovered and it involves just enabling network scanning.

If the scan of your hard drive with Microsoft Defender seems to take forever, it's worth finding out why.

This guide will help you get started with Windows Defender Offline, a powerful tool designed to remove malware that's deeply embedded in Windows 10.

Microsoft's free antivirus comes built-in to Windows 8 as Windows Defender, but it doesn't have an option to scan individual files by right-clicking on them. Our friends at the How-To Geek show us ...

Microsoft this week announced that its Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management solution can now scan Windows devices that are lacking certain agent support.