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

If Windows Defender or Windows Security Quick scan is not working in Windows 11/10 you need to take these steps to resolve the issue.

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

Do you have a suspicious file? If so, you can scan it for malware manually using Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 – here are three ways to complete the task.

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

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

There's currently a major bug in Windows Defender, the free antivirus software that ships with Windows 10. Running a Quick or Full scan will fail after a few seconds and only go through a handful ...

Microsoft has rolled out a fix for a recent update that has been causing the Windows Defender built-in antivirus software to crash on Windows 10 PCs when running a full system scan. With around ...

Searching for the code online (including In Ars' Forums) finds references predating Windows 8, so when they say "Windows Defender," they generally mean a different program.