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What each section of the Virus and threat protection page does, which settings to leave on, how Controlled Folder Access works and rolls out in audit mode, and why the page is sometimes greyed out.

What fileless malware is, how an attack runs from memory through PowerShell and other Windows tools, where it hides between reboots, why file scanners miss it, and the free logging and hardening steps that catch it.

Business antivirus and consumer antivirus run the same detection engine; what you pay extra for is central management, fleet reporting and commercial licensing. Here is what signature, heuristic, behavioral and cloud scanning each catch, and where detection and response has to take over.

How to disable Windows Defender temporarily on one PC with the real-time protection toggle, why tamper protection blocks registry, Group Policy and PowerShell shortcuts, when to use troubleshooting mode or a narrow exclusion, and how to confirm protection is back on.