Microsoft Defender Antivirus
by MicrosoftVerified
Microsoft Defender Antivirus covers real-time protection, cloud-delivered protection and behavior monitoring for malware prevention. Compare top Antivirus tools.
- Product Type
- Endpoint Antivirus / Anti-Malware
- Deployment
- Cloud / On-Premise
- Industries
- 1+ industries
- Regions
- Global
- Free Trial
- No
- Pricing
- Contact Vendor
About Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Built by Microsoft, Microsoft Defender Antivirus is an endpoint antivirus / Anti-Malware focused on antivirus, endpoint security and Anti-Malware. Its main capabilities are Real-time protection, cloud-delivered protection, behavior monitoring, attack surface reduction integration and scanning.
Categories & Subcategories
Categories
Subcategories
Where Microsoft Defender Antivirus is ranked
Featured in 1 Cyber Rank ranking.
Key Features
5 capabilities that Microsoft Defender Antivirus offers.
Cloud-delivered protection
Behavior monitoring
Attack surface reduction integration
Scanning
Use Cases
Malware prevention
Endpoint protection
Real-time threat detection
Industries Served
Microsoft Defender Antivirus is used across 1+ industries.
Cross-industry
Regions
Global
Integrations
Works with the tools teams already use
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Defender XDR
Deployment Options
Flexible deployment to meet your needs
CloudOn-Premise
Platform & Access
What Microsoft Defender Antivirus supports, at a glance.
- Mobile appNo
Security & Compliance
Standards, regulations, and frameworks this product aligns with.
Microsoft security/compliance ecosystem
- Supported platforms
- Windows endpoints
- Operating systems
- Windows 10Windows 11supported Windows Server
- Languages supported
- Windows-supported languages
- Data residency
- Depends on cloud protection configuration and tenant region
- Deployment details
- Endpoint; Cloud-managed; Windows endpoints; Enterprise management
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