Microsoft Brags About Its Antivirus, Shows It’s More Advanced Than You Think

Windows Defender has evolved a lot in Windows 10, there’s no doubt about that, and in the Creators Update, the antivirus officially became the Windows Defender Security Center to group everything security in the operating system.

But in addition to all the improvements that everyone can see when launching the application, Microsoft also focused a lot on the detection engine, trying to make it as advanced as possible in an attempt to block malware and keep users secure.

In a paper called the Evolution of malware prevention, Microsoft explains how the standard definition of the antivirus has become outdated, pointing out that today’s security software shouldn’t block only malware, but also a wider variety of threats that expose users and their data.

More than just basic protection

The Windows Defender team worked mostly on this in the last couple of years, and...