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It might have a legit looking phone number, but that Windows Defender alert might be fake. Here's what to look out for.

Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.