Beware these dangerous Windows LNK files. Update, June 9, 2025: This story, originally published on June 8, has been updated with a statement from Microsoft regarding the latest ongoing cyberattacks ...

Toggle the Real-time protection switch off. You may receive a User Account Control (UAC) prompt asking if you want to allow the change to occur. Select Yes. When you're ready to turn system protection ...

Microsoft adds HMAC protection to CLFS in Windows 11 25H2 and Server 2025, improving security while increasing disk and I/O ...

Windows does not do a WFP scan on each bootup. Win2k just takes awhile to boot, its boot process is not optimized as WinXP's is. This just shows worse on a older and slower system. On a old system ...

I was playing with Vista's WRP last night and found that it does not completely protect many system files that you would expect it to protect. Win ME's System File Protection and 2000 and XP's Windows ...

Dev Drive Protection was created to protect the Dev Drive. With this, the newly added drive will have antivirus support. There are two performance modes of Dev Drive. If the Performance Mode State is ...

Microsoft's ReFS file system offers superior data protection and massive 35-petabyte volume support, but Windows 11 users can't access it through standard installation..