Do you still need third-party antivirus on your Windows PC?

Microsoft Defender offers great protection from malware -- but there are other online threats you might want to consider, too ...

Microsoft is weighing in on whether you should install third-party antivirus software on a PC, telling users the built-in Defender should be enough. Microsoft quietly took an official stand in a ...

Official support for Windows 10 has ended, and its security certificates are expiring. Your system is at risk, and Microsoft ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. For years, installing a third-party antivirus on a Windows PC felt non-negotiable. Today, however, the landscape has changed. Microsoft has improved its ...

Microsoft pushes its Windows 10 ESU program by another year, to give users more time to transition to Windows 11, and ...

The operating system (OS) on your device is responsible for quite a number of tasks under the hood. One of the core functions of an OS is security, and companies do invest a lot of effort to ensure ...

Microsoft will turn on hotpatch security updates by default for all eligible Windows devices managed through Microsoft Intune and the Microsoft Graph API, beginning with the May 2026 Windows security ...

How to get free Windows 10 security patches until October 2027 - and avoid the $30 fee ...

Republished on October 8 with a new user survey and warning about the staggering scale of the Windows 10 risk that’s now less than a week away. Microsoft has a “security disaster” on its hands. Some ...

Microsoft is accelerating its quantum-safe security plans as it prepares critical products and services for PQC by 2029.