Windows 10 and 11 users are seeing a Defender warning that isn’t real

Microsoft confirmed a bug in recent Defender updates that's triggering incorrect "antivirus disabled" warnings across Windows ...

Windows 11 misses the pointer while Defender cries wolf

The company added both problems to its Windows release health dashboard on August 28. Microsoft has confirmed the Defender ...

Windows 11's antivirus is telling users that it's turned off — but don't panic, this is just a bug

Think Windows 11's antivirus is broken? Thankfully it isn't, although the app is suffering from a pretty frustrating bug.

Windows 11 Updates Trigger False Antivirus Warnings & Cursor Glitches

There's plenty of good and bad news abound for Microsoft and Windows 11 this week, but two new Known Issues have been getting ...

Is the latest Windows security update breaking system scans? Here’s what you can do

A Windows Defender issue is causing full, quick and offline scans to crash or fail for some Windows 11 users, potentially ...
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Windows 11 is warning “Virus protection is off,” Microsoft confirms it’s false, but verify if Defender is actually enabled

If Windows 11 is sending alerts that you need to turn on virus protection and your PC is unprotected, don't worry.

Microsoft Weekly: New Windows 11 context menu, broken Defender scans, GTA 6 leaks, and more0 0

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our latest recap. See what was broken by the last Patch Tuesday update, the ...
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Microsoft making much needed change to Windows 11, 10 Patch Tuesday security updates0 0

Recently, Microsoft delivered its latest Defender patches for Windows 11 ISOs. These definitions are released from time to time alongside the general security updates available during Patch Tuesday.