A GuidePoint Security report (via BleepingComputer) found that hackers are using Akira ransomware to exploit a legitimate PC ...

Akira ransomware is abusing a legitimate Intel CPU tuning driver to turn off Microsoft Defender in attacks from security ...

Every Windows 10 PC has a registry and you can use it to change settings and disable Windows Defender. If you use this method, make sure you’re incredibly careful.

When Windows Defender wants to scan the file, it is served a different and benign file which Windows Defender will scan as clean. PE Loader will then execute the malicious file it requested ...

Windows 10 and your PC will now restart and boot into the Windows Recovery Environment where it will perform a quick scan using Windows Defender. This process will take up to 15 minutes to finish.

Windows Defender Security Center shows all its categories on the main screen, as well as in a lefthand menu. Instead of three tabs at the top, the new Defender has an icon-based menu on the left side.

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.

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.

The bug impacts Windows Defender version 4.18.1908.7 and later, released earlier this week. The bug was introduced while Microsoft tried to fix another bug introduced with the July 2019 Patch Tuesday.

Windows Defender with sandbox support rolled out to Windows insiders, but some Windows 10 users can enable it right now. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Oct. 26, 2018 at 12:23 p.m. PT ...