Microsoft Defender Antivirus
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antivirus app, component of Windows Vista and later
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Within Vinony's link graph, Microsoft Defender Antivirus is referenced by 770 other articles, and connects out to Windows 10 version history, antivirus software and MSN.
It is catalogued under topics including 2006 software, Antivirus software and Microsoft software.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Other names
- Windows Defender Windows Security
- Original author
- Microsoft
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Platform
- Platform March 2026 Update (4.18.26030.3011) / April 29, 2026 ; 42 days ago ( 2026-04-29 )
- Windows app
- February 2026 Update (102.2602.23001.0) / February 2026 ; 4 months ago ( 2026-02 )
- Ios
- 1.1.7620.0101 / April 24, 2026 ; 47 days ago ( 2026-04-24 )
- Android
- 1.1.8321.0101 / December 2, 2025 ; 6 months ago ( 2025-12-02 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Windows 11
- Developer
- Microsoft
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- copyright license
- freeware
- software version identifier
- Platform Version 4.18.25050.5
- inception
- 2006-10-23
- business model
- software as a service
- Commons category
- Windows Defender
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Operating system Windows 7 SP1 or later
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Microsoft Defender Antivirus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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