Windows 11's antivirus is telling users that it's turned off — but don't panic, this is just a bug

Think Windows 11's antivirus is broken? Thankfully it isn't, although the app is suffering from a pretty frustrating bug.
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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, ...

Windows 11 misses the pointer while Defender cries wolf

The company added both problems to its Windows release health dashboard on August 28. Microsoft has confirmed the Defender ...

Windows Update Side Effects: Mouse Problems and False Anti-Malware Warnings

Updates for Windows and Defender are causing mouse problems and incorrect Defender status warnings. Microsoft is confirming ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes known issue causing Windows Defender crashes

Microsoft has resolved a bug that caused Windows Defender to crash after a recent security update, resulting in 0xc0000005 access violation errors on some affected systems. Microsoft Defender is a ...
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Microsoft Defender False Positives Are Blocking Google Search URLs

Microsoft is investigating a Defender for Office 365 issue that incorrectly flags legitimate Google search links as malicious ...
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 ...