Windows Defender Antivirus offers four different types of scans that can be used in different cases. These scans include Quick Scan, Full Scan, Custom Scan, and Offline Scan.

Microsoft has released a new update for Windows Defender that has broken both the Quick and Full antivirus scans. When users use these scan options, Windows Defender will only scan approximately ...

4] Restart Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service Microsoft Defender Antivirus Service is responsible for running Windows Security on your computer. If this service is stopped, you might find ...

Windows 10 comes with a free built-in antivirus program called Windows Defender that offers real-time protection and the ability to performs scans of your computer. It also allows you to perform a ...

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.

Updated 9/19/2019 @ 9:45am Microsoft has addressed this bug with with the latest "Security Intelligence Update for Windows Defender Antivirus - KB2267602 (Version 1.301.1684.0)" definitions.

"The UEFI scanner is a new component of the built-in antivirus solution on Windows 10 and gives Microsoft Defender ATP the unique ability to scan inside the firmware filesystem and perform ...

Microsoft's agentless malware scanning works across virtual machines hosted on "Azure, AWS, and GCP cloud environments." It uses the Microsoft Defender Antivirus service to detect the malware.