Over the course of last six months or so, Microsoft's in-house anti-malware solution Defender was enjoying a lot of praise from anti-virus assessment firm AV-TEST. That's because Defender was scoring ...

AV-TEST, which tests and ranks antivirus solutions, has conducted its first Windows 11-based security test. However, Defender, despite all of Microsoft's touting, has managed to come in last place.

Video: When it comes to malware, Windows 10 is twice as secure as Windows 7. Microsoft's Windows Defender ranks seventh out of 15 antivirus (AV) products in an independent test. But the results don't ...