Formerly known as Windows Defender, Microsoft Defender is an antivirus protection program that's included with Windows 10.

Microsoft is vowing to improve the performance of its home and corporate antivirus suites after the products received failing marks from a well-known testing firm. Microsoft lost its certification ...

Microsoft confirmed last week that it will offer some type of "for fee" antivirus service or solution in the future, but executives emphasized that final product plans have not been decided. "We will ...

Microsoft has released the first version of Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) antivirus for all android devices. The public preview of the antivirus software has also been released from Linux ...

Microsoft's move to free is likely to win plaudits from consumers, but McAfee and Symantec won't likely sit there and take it. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, ...

Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Defender antivirus, exploited in the wild by threat actors before the patch was released. Zero-days are vulnerabilities actively ...

Microsoft has announced its intention to acquire GeCad Software, a Romanian antivirus technology developer, in order to improve the security in its Windows platform. The deal, the financial terms of ...

Who should know more about PC threats than the company whose software makes most of them possible? Is Microsoft’s upcoming, free anti-malware app the company’s way of apologizing to customers? Not ...

People living in the European Economic Area will get it for free by registering. For other users to get it for free, they ...

Microsoft plans to acquire Sybari Software, marking its latest effort to bolster its presence in the corporate security market. Sybari, a privately held company based in East Northport, N.Y., develops ...

In a bid to give it more of a presence in the enterprise security market, Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire antivirus software maker Sybari Software Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The ...