Microsoft fixes bug behind ‘Defender Antivirus is turned off’ alerts

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that causes incorrect alerts warning that Defender Antivirus was turned off after installing recent updates.
Ars Technica

Windows Defender won't install

Happy New Year, y'all. Look what Microsoft gave me for a present. For the record, I'm running XP, SP2, on an HP Pavilion. I had been running Windows Defender Beta 2. Yesterday the beta expired. Today ...
TechPowerUp

PSA: Windows is Reporting Fake "Defender Antivirus Turned Off" Warnings

After installing the latest Defender Antivirus update for Windows 11, users have started reporting that their operating ...

Microsoft shares Defender anti-virus update for new Windows 11/10 ISOs0 0

Microsoft has a new Defender anti-virus update for Windows 11 and 10 images. The new update patches several flaws.
InfoWorld

Microsoft releases old recovery software in new wrapper

Free Windows Defender Offline tool looks to be Standalone System Sweeper with a new name and support for Windows 8 Last week Microsoft released (or perhaps I should say re-released) a beta version of ...
BleepingComputer

Windows Server August updates fix Microsoft 365 Defender issue

Microsoft has resolved an issue that breaks multiple Microsoft 365 Defender features using the network data reporting service after installing July's Windows Server updates. The Microsoft 365 Defender ...