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  2. Windows Defender Security Center scam: How to protect your ...

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    Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says a tech support scam used a fake Windows Defender pop-up, tricking the victim to call and download software. ... you may consider a service that will ...

  3. Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Wikipedia

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    Also, since Beta 2, the program works as a Windows service, unlike earlier releases, which enables the application to protect the system even when a user is not logged on. Beta 2 also requires Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation. However, Windows Defender (Beta 2) did not contain some of the tools found in Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta 1).

  4. Windows Task Scheduler - Wikipedia

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    On Windows 95 (with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later), Windows 98 and Windows Me, the Task Scheduler runs as an ordinary program, mstask.exe. It also displays a status icon in the notification area on Windows 95 and Windows 98 and runs as a hidden service on Windows Me, but can be made to show a tray icon. [ 1 ]

  5. 2024 CrowdStrike-related IT outages - Wikipedia

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    On 19 July at 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software running on Windows PCs and servers. A modification to a configuration file which was responsible for screening named pipes, Channel File 291, caused an out-of-bounds memory read [14] in the Windows sensor client that resulted in an invalid page fault.

  6. Microsoft SmartScreen - Wikipedia

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    SmartScreen (officially called Windows SmartScreen, Windows Defender SmartScreen and SmartScreen Filter in different places) is a cloud-based anti-phishing and anti-malware component included in several Microsoft products: All versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system since Windows 8; Web browsers Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge

  7. Windows Firewall - Wikipedia

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    Windows Firewall (officially called Microsoft Defender Firewall in Windows 10 version 2004 and later) is a firewall component of Microsoft Windows. It was first included in Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1. Before the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, it was known as the "Internet Connection Firewall."

  8. Startup that went viral for ‘firing stressed employees ...

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    A mobile spa service provider in India claims that an email, which appeared to announce the firing of employees who admitted to burnout, was actually part of an elaborate effort to raise awareness ...

  9. Windows service - Wikipedia

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    In Windows NT operating systems, a Windows service is a computer program that operates in the background. [1] It is similar in concept to a Unix daemon . [ 1 ] A Windows service must conform to the interface rules and protocols of the Service Control Manager , the component responsible for managing Windows services.