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Fall Creators Update to bolster Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) for enterprises with heavy-duty exploit security tools and Azure machine learning analysis.
8 years, 11 monthsKaspersky says Windows 10 is too aggressive at disabling other antivirus programs; Russia is investigating.
9 years, 6 monthsMicrosoft is the baseline in antivirus tests by AV-Test. When Microsoft's score rises, other products must work harder to beat the baseline.
10 years, 6 monthsIn the latest round of testing by German antivirus lab AV-Test, the general score trend was downward. Microsoft proved the exception, with a huge increase in score and ranking.
10 years, 8 monthsRather than test just one component of antivirus products, AV-Comparatives gives every component of each product a chance to do its malware-blasting job.
10 years, 10 monthsThe best security suite in the world can't help you if you turn it off because it's slowing down your computer. Good news; installing some security tools can actually make your PC run faster.
10 years, 10 monthsWindows Defender tries to protect your Windows 8 or 8.1 installation if you don't have third-party antivirus installed. Testing reveals that you'll be much, much better off installing almost any other free antivirus utility.
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