Microsoft has published a new blog post highlighting the new features that are coming for developer with the new Windows 11 update. These include the new Dev Drive, improvements to Terminal and more.
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Microsoft has detailed how users can use its new Hardware and Firmware Assessment tool inside Defender to detect, manage and deploy patched firmware for AMD's CPUs that have the Zenbleed flaw.
Microsoft has released a special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server. This update is meant to bring improved security and performance to Windows install images.
Microsoft suggests that it finally managed to, once and for all, resolve the Defender Local Security Authority (LSA) protection off issue, which has been plaguing Windows 11 systems since March.
Microsoft has released a special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server. This update is meant to bring improved security and performance to Windows install images.
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Microsoft has admitted that the Windows 11 security issue, wherein Defender would wrongly display LSA protection is disabled, isn't really fixed. The company has provided the same workaround.
Microsoft Defender recently did quite poorly in AV-TEST's performance impact test. However, the product was one of the best in AV-Comparatives' web protection test alongside the likes of Kaspersky.
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Microsoft recently began patching UEFI bootkit vulnerabilities with this month's Patch Tuesday update. The company has now released a helpful guide about blocking such Windows boot managers.
In AV-TEST's new anti-malware ranking, the first of 2023, Microsoft has performed the worst among all in one of the three categories. The firm has found that Defender hogs the system pretty badly.
It is time to recap everything that happened in the world of Microsoft during the week of April 30, 2023. Windows concept, new Microsoft Edge controversies, app and build updates, and more.
This is another reminder that unofficial apps can cause issues on Windows sometimes. Following a popular debloater app being removed from Store, Defender Remover was also found to be breaking UWP.
Microsoft has released a special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Servers This update is meant to bring improved security and performance to Windows install images.
Welcome back to another edition of Microsoft Weekly where we recap all the important events that happened in the Redmond technology giant's universe in the past few days. Dive right in!
After recently stating that Defender will not be coming to AtlasOS anytime soon, the developer of the Windows 10 lite variant has backtracked following a lot of backlash from the community.
Lighter versions of the Windows OS, be it Windows 10 or 11, are often in demand as they don't require powerful hardware. AtlasOS is such a software but it disables key features like Defender.
Microsoft has confirmed it has fixed the Local Security Authority (LSA) is off issue with a recent update to Defender. The company is also pushing out new kernel-mode hardware stack protection.
Microsoft may have quietly fixed the Local Security Authority (LSA) is off issue with a recent update to Defender. The company is also pushing out new kernel-mode hardware stack protection.
This week has been quite busy when it comes to Microsoft news. We have a lot to unpack including Windows bugs and their respective fixes, new GPT integrations, and upcoming Windows features.
Microsoft has released special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Servers This update is meant to bring improved security and performance to Windows install images.
Microsoft and Mozilla have managed to fix a five year old bug in Windows Defender which was causing relatively high CPU usage on Firefox compared to other browsers like Chrome and Edge.
Microsoft has already confirmed that a recent Defender update has been leading to an "LSA protection is off" error. The bug may also be causing another issue where TPM detection is faulty.
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If you are on Windows 11, and you have encountered the LSA protection is off message recently, even though it is on, Microsoft has confirmed it's a bug. A workaround for it has also been provided.
An old, persistent "Standard hardware security not supported" bug has come back to haunt Windows 11 users according to multiple reports online. The issue is affecting those who have supported PCs.
A new custom detection feature in real-time inside Microsoft 365 Defender is now ready for public preview. A senior Microsoft employee has announced the change and explained how it can help users.
Microsoft has made the life of system admins and IT admins a bit easier. The company recently announced that it had quietly made welcome changes to the way the AppLocker app control policies worked.
BlackLotus, which is a bootkit, has been doing the rounds on the internet since last year. This bootkit is capable of bypassing Secure Boot, disabling BitLocker, Microsoft Defender, and more.
Microsoft has officially validated the workaround for the mayhem caused by Defender yesterday. The company has published a fix but has confirmed it can't restore the deleted shortcuts for you.
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After a poor showing in the last AV-TEST results, Microsoft Defender has once again managed to fare much better. Curiously, this coincides with the test bed moving back to Windows 10 from 11.
Microsoft Defender, AVG, Avast, and more, were found vulnerable to a new zero-day security exploit through which harmless files, even system files, could be deleted using the anti-virus.
After very poor showings in terms of system performance impact in AV-TEST's and AV-Comparatives' reports, Microsoft Defender does really well in the latter's malware protection ranking.
AV-Comparatives recently released its Performance test for the month of October 2022. In the evaluation, Microsoft Defender was found to be the worst offender with the highest performance impact.
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AV-TEST, which tests and ranks antivirus solutions, has conducted its first Windows 11-based security test. However, Defender, despite all of Microsoft's touting, has managed to come in last place.
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Take a sip of your weekly dose of Microsoft news as you kick back, relax, and find out everything that happened in the past few days including a feature update's rollout, some conflicts, and more.
Sordum announces that it is killing off its Defender Control updates. The app enabled users to disable Microsoft Defender but recently there have been a lot of complains about certain issues.
AV-Comparatives has released its latest September 2022 antivirus assessment, which shows that Microsoft Defender has once again done poorly in false positive detection despite improving overall.
Microsoft improved the vulnerable driver blocklist in its recent Windows 11 2022 feature update, and it looks like the company is looking to make similar improvements on Windows 10 22H2 as well.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has done quite well in a new LSASS credentials dumping protection test recently conducted by AV-Comparatives. In the test, Defender has scored the full marks.
AV-TEST recently released its advanced threat protection test against ransomware for the month of April. In this assessment report, Microsoft's Defender has performed even better than last time.
Microsoft Defender has been performing exceptionally in the recent past, with a slight hiccup in the previous results. However, AV-TEST has found in the latest rankings that it is back to its best.
The Smart App Control security feature on Windows 11 has gained new improvements. In addition to Office macros, the utility can now also block many more potentially malicious file types.
KB5032288 for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2 is out with multiple Copilot improvements and more
PowerToys 0.76 is out with New File Explorer Add-ons, and modernizations
Windows 11 23H2 upgrade causing performance loss and trusty Microsoft Defender may be why
Clean installed Windows 10 22H2 vs Windows 11 23H2 benchmarked for performance
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