Microsoft has recently addressed a weakness in the Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows that allowed attackers to plant and execute malicious payloads without triggering Defender's malware ...

For most people using a supported and fully updated Windows 11 computer, yes: Microsoft Defender Antivirus and the other protections inside Windows Security are sufficient as the primary antivirus.

Threat actors can take advantage of a weakness that affects Microsoft Defender antivirus on Windows to learn locations excluded from scanning and plant malware there. The issue has persisted for at ...