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I thought my browser downloads were slow — Windows Defender was actually the problem

I had a problem where large downloads kept slowing down halfway through. I tried most of the usual troubleshooting steps — restarting my router and computer, checking for outages, running speed tests, ...

Microsoft Defender is causing slow VLC startups. Here’s the fix

For some time now, there have been complaints across various online forums about how the popular VLC Media Player takes several seconds (sometimes half a minute!) to start up. The problem occurs ...
PC World

Microsoft secretly updated Windows Security to fix an important issue

Recently, Microsoft released a Windows update on the down low that mainly fixes a major problem in Microsoft Defender Antivirus. This was first spotted and reported by Neowin. The update, called ...
The Windows Club

Windows Defender keeps re-enabling itself on Windows 11

This method involves modifying a Registry value called DisableAntiSpyware. In older versions of Windows, this policy key was used by OEMs and IT administrators to disable Microsoft Defender Antivirus ...
Ars Technica

Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk

A patch Microsoft released on Wednesday to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its Defender security engine may cause Windows machines to write files large enough to completely consume available disk ...