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    Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable...
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  • 2009, Microsoft launched an in-house antivirus solution named Microsoft Security Essentials, which later was phased out in favor of Microsoft Defender. Microsoft...
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  • Firewall (officially called Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows 10 version 2004 and later) is a firewall component of Microsoft Windows. It was first included...
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  • Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is a discontinued antivirus software (AV) product that provides protection against different types of malicious software...
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  • Windows 10 version history (category History of Microsoft)
    a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. Microsoft described Windows 10 as an "operating system as a service" that would...
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  • Enhanced boot-time security via TPM 2.0 and System Guard (a component of Microsoft Defender Antivirus) Credential Guard Hypervisor-protected Code Integrity (HVCI)...
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  • later. Daily updates consist of malware database refreshes for Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials, these updates are not part of the normal...
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    Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure AD P1, Microsoft Intune, Defender for Business, Defender for Office 365. Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (formerly Office...
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  • Windows updates that are already installed "Microsoft Defender Antivirus": Temporary files that Microsoft Defender Antivirus no longer needs "Windows Update...
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    Microsoft Edge (or simply nicknamed Edge), also known as The New Microsoft Edge or New Edge, is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft...
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    Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the...
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  • network. It can be removed by a virus scanning and removal tool such as Microsoft Defender. Win32/Agent Trojans have been observed to perform any, or all, of...
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  • third parties. Beginning in Windows 10, Microsoft placed the SmartScreen settings into the Windows Defender Security Center. Further Windows 10 and Windows...
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  • Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG), formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), is a...
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    United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation, 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case at the United States Court...
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  • of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular...
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    Americans use built-in antivirus protection for their devices like Microsoft Defender or XProtect from Apple. However, about 121 million adults still use...
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    Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, developed by Microsoft. It was originally created by Robert Gaskins, Tom Rudkin, and Dennis Austin at a...
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    Outlook.com, formerly Hotmail, is a free personal email service offered by Microsoft. It also provides a webmail interface accessible via web browser or mobile...
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  • Adallom (category Microsoft acquisitions)
    availability as of April 2016. In November 2021, Microsoft Cloud App Security was rebranded as Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. Adallom was founded in 2012...
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  • twelfth major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand name. It is the second version...
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    2020-01-03. Microsoft Defender Security Research Team (2017-08-08). "Microsoft to remove WoSign and StartCom certificates in Windows 10". Microsoft. "CA:WoSign...
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  • 2017-07-01. Team, Microsoft Defender Security Research (2018-10-26). "Windows Defender Antivirus can now run in a sandbox". Microsoft Security Blog. Retrieved...
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  • Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free time-limited virus scan utility similar to the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. It is used to scan a system...
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  • Windows 11, version 24H2 (category History of Microsoft)
    1000)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft. Retrieved June 29, 2024. "July 9, 2024—KB5040435 (OS Build 26100.1150)". Microsoft Support. Microsoft. Retrieved...
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    Microsoft Gaming is an American multinational video game and digital entertainment division of Microsoft based in Redmond, Washington, established in 2022...
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  • Level II BASIC Microsoft MACRO-80 Microsoft Macro Assembler Microsoft Small Basic Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Microsoft XNA Microsoft WebMatrix MSX BASIC...
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  • Microsoft Forefront is a discontinued family of line-of-business security software by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Forefront products are designed...
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    Xbox One (redirect from Microsoft Xbox One)
    The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the...
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