Microsoft has built in automatic installations of the new version of the Microsoft Defender security panel and malware removal tool on Windows devices with active personal Microsoft 365 (MXNUMX) subscriptions.
The documentation (opens in a new tab) for the new Microsoft Defender (via Windows Latest (opens in a new tab)) confirms that M365 subscribers are being used as guinea pigs, signaling that other users may be affected by the change in March 365, despite requiring an MXNUMX subscription to use the service.
But if for some reason you're really looking forward to installing the latest update to a largely ineffective security app, you can grab it right now from the Microsoft Store via the official website (opens in a new pestañita).
The new Microsoft Defender
Although the latest Microsoft Defender isn't out yet for business users, due to the odd requirement to sign in to the app with a Microsoft account and work accounts aren't yet supported, there's no shortage of it, surely not much.
Microsoft Defender itself does very little, acting more as a security vision of a system. On a PC, it is Windows Security that does most of the security protection every day, such as detecting files and running regular system scans.
Even then, TechRadar Pro strongly advises investing in an alternative, more robust professional antivirus software solution. Microsoft Defender at least makes sense to disable if you notice a third-party device installed on the system.
For anyone who insists on sticking with Microsoft's default offering, keep in mind that even bypassing Windows XNUMX, at the time of writing the current version of the operating system, isn't going to be enough, as a commenter on Windows Latest wrote that the new Microsoft Defender installed itself. on your Windows XNUMX device.