If you have seen a program “Antimalware Service Executable” in the Task Manager, don’t be worried. It’s not a third party service or a virus mimicking an antivirus. Its an official program from Windows which makes sure to secure your […]

If you have a TPM  enabled laptop or PC, and you are receiving a message in Windows Defender Security Center telling you that you need to update your security processor or TPM firmware, then you should update it on priority. […]

Cyber attacks have changed over past few years. Rogue hackers can now take over your PC and lock down files unless you are ready to pay them money. These types of attacks are called as Ransomware, and they use kernel-level exploits […]

If you have noticed a Download Failed – Virus detected message on Windows 10 when you tried to download a file from the internet using any browser like Chrome, Firefox, etc., then you need to know that it is your […]

Attack Surface Reduction is a feature of Windows Defender Exploit Guard that prevent actions that are used by exploit-seeking malware to infect computers. Windows Defender Exploit Guard is a new set of invasion prevention capabilities that Microsoft introduced as a […]

The Application Control feature in Windows Defender is a crucial security feature for Windows 10. With advanced malware, ransomware, and spyware, we need advanced security systems. Let us learn about this new feature introduced in Windows 10 v1709. Windows Defender […]

Windows 10 has made system attacks difficult with the platform integrity becoming more difficult to compromise. The Windows Defender System Guard comes with the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10. The Update reorganized the system integrity features such that it […]

Security researchers at CERT have stated that Windows 10, Windows 8,1 and Windows 8 fail to properly randomize every application if system-wide mandatory ASLR is enabled via EMET or Windows Defender Exploit Guard. Microsoft has responded by saying that the implementation […]

Windows Defender Exploit Guard runs all the security benefits necessary to keep intrusion threats at bay. A characteristic feature of this tool is ‘Exploit Protection’. It automatically applies to many exploit mitigation techniques. This capability can be tested inside the […]

Unlike other cosmetic changes introduced in Windows 10 v1709, Firewall & Network Protection has been the focus of attention. Network Protection, as you are aware helps reduce the attack surface of your devices from Internet-based events. It prevents employees from […]

Windows Defender Security Center in Windows 10 v1709 now introduces a new security protection feature called Exploit Protection, that helps protect your Windows computers from malware that use security exploits to infect your system. It includes mitigations that you can […]

Ransomware is rampant today, and you need to take additional care to secure your Windows computer, apart from just installing an antivirus software. While one can always use an anti-ransomware software, Windows 10 now makes it easier by introducing Controlled Folder […]

Microsoft announced a new Windows Defender Security Center starting from the Windows 10 v1703 and this makes it easier to toggle the security settings for our PCs. By default, Windows Defender is is set in a low protection mode since this […]