Smart App Control is a security feature in Windows 11 designed to block untrusted or potentially dangerous applications from ...

All Windows PCs come with a built-in security feature called Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), which helps prevent unauthorized software from running by allowing only trusted applications.

What is Smart App Control? Windows 11 with Smart App Control blocks ISO and LNK files that have mark of the web just like Macros. Smart App Control in Windows Security adds an additional layer of ...

Microsoft now allows Windows users to block drivers with known vulnerabilities with the help of Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) and a vulnerable driver blocklist. The new option is part of ...

Microsoft deleted an official Windows 11 blog that claimed users no longer needed third-party antivirus software like McAfee ...

Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.

Two zero-day flaws in Microsoft Defender, the antivirus engine built into every Windows installation, are already being ...

Though many Windows 10 users opt for third-party antivirus protection, those who use Microsoft Defender may not be getting all of the protection they could. Here’s how to check your settings and what ...

Microsoft Defender has been flagging Winring0 in system monitor and fan control apps on Windows 10 and 11 PCs, and it is not quite a false positive. For the last few days or so, various users online ...

Every federal civilian agency running Microsoft Defender now faces a two-week countdown to fix two actively exploited ...