Microsoft Defender Antivirus comes pre-installed as part of Windows 11. Is this solution adequate, or is it a good idea to ...

Antivirus software protects your computer by scanning every file you download for viruses and other malware. Most of the time, you’ll want to leave your antivirus program running as-is. If it’s ...

Historically, Windows has had a bad reputation for security, and there are far more malware strains that target Windows than any other operating system out there — largely due to the scale of PCs that ...

The importance of anti-virus programs in safeguarding our digital experiences cannot be overstated, especially when our lives are connected to the internet more than ever. The online world has become ...

By the way—if your PC has a free trial for another antivirus service already installed, you’ll need to disable it (or better, uninstall it) to allow Windows Security to take over. Cons: Bare-bones ...

Antivirus has become these days a catch-all term. It doesn’t just mean blocking literal computer viruses, trojans, and other bits of malicious code meant to attack your PC. When you opt to go beyond ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...