Windows 11’s Smart App Control offers faster performance than antivirus tools—but only on clean installs, says Microsoft.

Smart App Control is a Windows 11 security feature that requires a clean OS installation to work as intended. According to a ...

Microsoft's Smart App Control complements Windows Defender, blocking malicious applications before they're even executed but ...

While Smart App Control is efficient, Microsoft still recommends enabling traditional antivirus for more comprehensive ...

Windows 11 Smart App Control security function will not work when upgrading from Windows 10. Clean install Windows 11 for ...

Microsoft wants to phase out fragmented, individual updates for third-party apps across its OS and launch a central platform within Windows Update, similar to Android or macOS.

Microsoft has fixed a Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen flaw that has been exploited in attacks as a zero-day since at least 2018. On vulnerable systems, threat actors have abused the ...

LG’s 2022 OLED TVs, select 2023 smart TVs, and other models can now download the Xbox app. Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft ...