Unfortunately, Windows Defender is setting the counters to mode 2 at random intervals for random durations of time. This can occur while a PC is booting up or at any point afterward.

Show Windows Defender in System Tray Windows Defender is not visible in the Windows 10 system tray by default so one might be skeptical whether it is protecting the computer.

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT). For Windows users ...

Windows Defender on the other hand offers antivirus and anti-malware protection, a built-in firewall, etc. It does not come with all the advanced features AVG has.

Bogged down by Defender hogging CPU time, a Core i9-10850K running at 5GHz loses 1,000 Cinebench points, which is about a 6% drop from the norm. Owners with Intel Core 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Gen ...

None of this is to say that Windows Defender is terrible. As a last-ditch defense, it's better than nothing, which is what many people had before Windows 8 was introduced.

Windows 10 version 1903 is still relatively new, so I haven't had a lot of time to play around with the Windows Defender Application Guard protected browser window.

How to Start Windows Defender Service Manually. Windows Defender automatically comes with Windows 8, which saves you the cost and time burden of buying a separate application. This security tool ...

Windows PC Defender is a new rogue from the same family as Ultimate System Guard and Windows Guard Pro. Windows PC Defender is promoted through the use of pop-ups that appear when browsing the web.