Windows Defender

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anti-malware software antivirus software security software

Windows Defender is Microsoft's built-in antivirus and anti-malware solution designed to protect Windows systems from viruses, spyware, ransomware, and other security threats in real time.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Microsoft Defender	1
Microsoft Defender Antivirus	1
Microsoft Security Essentials	1
Windows Defender Antivirus	1
Windows Defender antispyware	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-malware software ⓘ antivirus software ⓘ security software ⓘ
componentOf	Windows Defender self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Defender Security Center ⓘ surface form: Windows Security
cost	free with Windows ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
distributionModel	pre-installed ⓘ
feature	automatic updates ⓘ exclusions management ⓘ integration with Windows Security Center ⓘ integration with Windows Update ⓘ offline scanning ⓘ on-demand scanning ⓘ quarantine management ⓘ real-time scanning ⓘ scheduled scanning ⓘ
includedWith	Windows 10 ⓘ Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ
integratesWith	Microsoft 365 Defender ⓘ Microsoft Defender for Endpoint ⓘ
license	proprietary software ⓘ
operatingSystem	Windows ⓘ
platform	Windows ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Windows
previousName	Windows Defender self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Security Essentials
provides	cloud-delivered protection ⓘ controlled folder access ⓘ email and web threat protection ⓘ exploit protection ⓘ firewall management ⓘ malware protection ⓘ network protection ⓘ ransomware protection ⓘ real-time protection ⓘ spyware protection ⓘ virus protection ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Windows Defender self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Defender Antivirus
securityThreatsMitigated	potentially unwanted applications ⓘ ransomware ⓘ rootkits ⓘ spyware ⓘ trojans ⓘ viruses ⓘ
supports	behavior-based detection ⓘ cloud-based protection ⓘ heuristic analysis ⓘ signature-based detection ⓘ
targetUser	business users ⓘ home users ⓘ
updateMechanism	Windows Update ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Update Windows Update client ⓘ surface form: Windows Update

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows Defender → componentOf → Windows Defender self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Defender

Windows 10 → feature → Windows Defender ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows Defender Antivirus

Windows RT → includedFeature → Windows Defender ⓘ

Windows Firewall → integratedWith → Windows Defender ⓘ

Windows Defender → previousName → Windows Defender self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Security Essentials

Windows Defender → rebrandedAs → Windows Defender self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Windows 7 → securityFeature → Windows Defender ⓘ

this entity surface form: Windows Defender antispyware

Windows → supportsSecurityFeature → Windows Defender ⓘ