Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable...
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Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is a discontinued antivirus software (AV) product that provides protection against different types of malicious software...
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MSAV (redirect from Microsoft Antivirus)
2009, Microsoft launched an in-house antivirus solution named Microsoft Security Essentials, which later was phased out in favor of Microsoft Defender. Microsoft...
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MS Antivirus (also known as Spyware Protect 2009 and Antivirus XP 2008/Antivirus2009/SecurityTool/etc) is a scareware rogue anti-virus which purports...
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signature-based antivirus "ineffective" and "outdated". As of Windows 8, Windows includes its own free antivirus protection under the Windows Defender brand. Despite...
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2017-07-01. Team, Microsoft Defender Security Research (2018-10-26). "Windows Defender Antivirus can now run in a sandbox". Microsoft Security Blog. Retrieved...
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and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the installed antivirus software. First released on January 13, 2005, MSRT does not offer real-time...
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Windows Server 2022 (redirect from Microsoft Windows Server 2022)
boot-time security via TPM 2.0 and System Guard (a component of Microsoft Defender Antivirus) Credential Guard Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity (HVCI)...
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third parties. Beginning in Windows 10, Microsoft placed the SmartScreen settings into the Windows Defender Security Center. Smartscreen plays important...
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updates that are already installed "Microsoft Defender Antivirus": Temporary files that Microsoft Defender Antivirus no longer needs "Windows Update log...
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is a discontinued network router, firewall, antivirus program, VPN server and web cache from Microsoft Corporation. It ran on Windows Server and works...
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Trend Micro Internet Security (redirect from Trend Micro Antivirus)
based on the chat support there is no known mechanism as with Microsoft Defender Antivirus to submit false positives like "Incorrectly detected as malware/malicious"...
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Kernel Patch Protection (category Microsoft Windows security technology)
32-bit (x86) editions of Windows, several antivirus software developers use kernel patching to implement antivirus and other security services. These techniques...
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Security and Maintenance (redirect from Windows Defender Security Center)
Windows Defender Security Center was renamed to Windows Security Center. List of Microsoft Windows components Microsoft Defender Antivirus Microsoft Security...
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Windows Firewall (redirect from Windows Defender Firewall)
Firewall (officially called Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows 10 version 2004 and later) is a firewall component of Microsoft Windows. It was first included...
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Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (category Microsoft software)
layer of defense against malware attacks, after the firewall and before antivirus software. EMET is targeted mostly at system administrators but the newest...
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the Antigen line of antivirus products created by Sybari Software. Sybari was acquired by Microsoft in 2005, and the first Microsoft-branded version of...
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users installing security updates. Windows integrates the Windows Defender antivirus, which is seen as one of the best available. Windows also implements...
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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is a discontinued software tool that is no longer available from Microsoft that determines security state by...
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share in this study, include antivirus products from McAfee, Trend Micro, and Kaspersky Lab. Norton AntiVirus runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS...
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ClamAV (redirect from Clam antivirus)
viruses, and provides other unrelated functions. Microsoft Windows Immunet ClamWin CS Antivirus Graugon AntiVirus Clam Sentinel OS/2 ClamAV-GUI ClamWin is a...
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Windows Update (redirect from Microsoft Office Update)
Microsoft Windows software updates over the Internet. The service delivers software updates for Windows, as well as the various Microsoft antivirus products...
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Windows 8 (redirect from Microsoft Windows 8)
notifications. Additional security features—including built-in antivirus software, integration with Microsoft SmartScreen phishing filtering, and support for Secure...
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April 7, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2013. Bott, Ed. "How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?" Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, ZDnet,...
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Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free time-limited virus scan utility similar to the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. It is used to scan a system...
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modern antivirus programs try to find virus-patterns inside ordinary programs by scanning them for so-called virus signatures. Different antivirus programs...
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Rogue security software (redirect from Rogue antivirus)
SpyAxe, MalwareAlarm, VirusBurst, VirusBursters, DIARemover, AntiVirus Gold, Antivirus Golden, SpyFalcon, and TheSpyBot/SpywareBot. "Rogue Security Software »...
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Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a discontinued software suite that provides secure remote access to corporate networks for remote...
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus (redirect from Kaspersky antivirus)
Антивирус Касперского (Antivirus Kasperskogo); formerly known as AntiViral Toolkit Pro; often referred to as KAV) is a proprietary antivirus program developed...
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VirusTotal (category Antivirus software)
Antivirus engines used for detection for uploading files. AegisLab (AegisLab) Antiy Labs (Antiy-AVL) Aladdin (eSafe) AVAST Software (Avast Antivirus)...
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