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Microsoft 365 Endured 9+ Hours of Outages Thursday
24 Jan 2026 21:23 GMT
… outage affected antivirus software Microsoft Defender and data governance software Microsoft Purview, … email through [analytics platform] Microsoft Fabric, collect message traces, … hosted infrastructure." Furthermore, Microsoft noted that during " …
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Do You Still Need Antivirus Software? Here's What Experts Say
24 Jan 2026 15:13 GMT
… enough on its own. Microsoft Defender Antivirus is included for free as … entirely separate antivirus software.
Professional testing has shown that Microsoft Defender has … still need specialized antivirus software for work.
Is Microsoft Defender really good …
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Microsoft Windows 365 goes down the day after Microsoft celebrates 'reimagining the PC as a cloud service that streams a Cloud PC'
23 Jan 2026 18:49 GMT
… still being filed hours after Microsoft 365 Status reported the … Even the likes of antivirus software, Microsoft Defender is included in 365 … impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services, including Outlook, Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview. Further …
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Microsoft says outage affecting Microsoft 365, Outlook, other services has been resolved
23 Jan 2026 10:43 GMT
… Users started reporting problems accessing Microsoft applications on Thursday afternoon, … were having trouble accessing Microsoft 365.
Microsoft acknowledged the problem, stating … of CrowdStrike antivirus software caused global outages for Microsoft 365 users …
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Microsoft says outage affecting several services has been resolved
23 Jan 2026 07:07 GMT
… Users started reporting problems accessing Microsoft applications on Thursday afternoon, … were having trouble accessing Microsoft 365.
Microsoft acknowledged the problem, stating … of CrowdStrike antivirus software caused global outages for Microsoft 365 users …
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Microsoft says outage affecting several services has been resolved
22 Jan 2026 21:30 GMT
… Users started reporting problems accessing Microsoft applications on Thursday afternoon, … were having trouble accessing Microsoft 365.
Microsoft acknowledged the problem, stating … of CrowdStrike antivirus software caused global outages for Microsoft 365 users …
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New Multi-Stage Windows Malware Disables Microsoft Defender, Deploys Malicious Payloads
22 Jan 2026 11:22 GMT
… payloads, the script disables Microsoft Defender through multiple complementary techniques … policies under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender, disabling real- … process and registers a fake antivirus product, triggering automatic Defender …
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New Multi-Stage Windows Malware Disables Microsoft Defender Before Dropping Malicious Payloads
22 Jan 2026 10:57 GMT
… , the infection chain systematically neutralizes Microsoft Defender before delivering destructive payloads … to systematically disable Microsoft Defender by registering a fake antivirus product, exploiting …
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Infostealer Trove: 149 Million Logins Exposed in Open Database Nightmare
24 Jan 2026 19:30 GMT
… immediate responses came from Meta, Microsoft, Apple, or Netflix despite queries … of U.S. adults used antivirus in 2025, per cited stats … , but individuals drive change. Install antivirus, patch OS, audit logins—Fowler …
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Why clicking the wrong Copilot link could put your data at risk
24 Jan 2026 18:07 GMT
… only affected Copilot Personal. Microsoft 365 Copilot, which … reporting this issue,” a Microsoft spokesperson told CyberGuy. “We … factor authentication on your Microsoft account
Two-factor authentication … is to have strong antivirus software installed on all …