Windows Defender zero-day CVE-2026-50656 — known as RoguePlanet — has been patched by Microsoft 29 days after researcher ...

Earlier this year, Microsoft quietly deleted a post that argued Windows 11's built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus was good ...

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

Microsoft pushed emergency patches this week for two zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, the antivirus software baked into every modern Windows PC. Both flaws are already being exploited in ...

In some cases, Bitdefender may prevent a website from loading correctly or functioning as expected due to its web protection features (such as Web Attack Prevention or Encrypted Web Scan). This can ...

Adding a firewall exception allows trusted applications, devices, or network services to communicate without being blocked. You may need to add an exception if a program cannot access the internet, a ...

Getting Bitdefender Free running on your system is quick and easy. You need to sign up for a Bitdefender Central account to activate the antivirus (or sign in if you ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Windows Defender is decent for basic protection on Windows 10 and 11, but lacks endpoint protection. We recommend adding third-party antivirus like TotalAV. Editor’s Note: The most recent iteration of ...

If you’ve been following our coverage for the last few years, you’ll already know that 2025 is the year that Windows 10 died. Technically. “Died,” because Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date came ...

OpenVPN is a popular client, but users have been reporting that it's not working in Windows 11. This could be due to a third-party antivirus, Windows Defender Firewall, or the absence of critical ...