Ever since the tech giant started automatically installing Copilot across Windows 10 and 11 PCs in 2023, Microsoft has ...

Netizens still don’t take one simple step that could reduce their risk of scams, malware, and identity theft: installing a ...

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Jürgen Sitzler has been working in IT at Stihl for 25 years. In an interview with heise online, he talks about the everyday ...

Toggle the Real-time protection switch off. You may receive a User Account Control (UAC) prompt asking if you want to allow the change to occur. Select Yes. When you're ready to turn system protection ...

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s reputation comes from the fact that it was originally developed as a response to ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

Windows Defender (Windows Security) is Microsoft’s powerful built-in antivirus software pre-installed in Windows 11. Many users aren’t aware that, in most cases, Windows Defender is equally effective ...

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Q: Are Windows Defender warnings that pop up with a phone number legit? A: Microsoft’s built-in security tool has improved over the years, and it still blocks plenty of everyday threats. But the ...

Upgrading to Windows 11 is still possible even after Windows 10 reached the end of support on October 14, 2025. Although many devices continue to run the retired operating system, switching to Windows ...