Microsoft Is Bringing Its Highly Rated Defender Antivirus Software to iOS and Android

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Microsoft was gracious enough to bless macOS with its antivirus solution last year, but the company has even bigger plans for its threat protection platform. As part of an announcement regarding the public preview availability of Microsoft Defender Advanced Protection (ATP) for Linux, Microsoft revealed that it would also be bringing its antivirus to the world’s most popular mobile operating systems.



“Providing comprehensive protection across multiple platforms through a single solution and streamlined view is more important than ever,” said Moti Gindi, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Threat Protection division. “Next week at the RSA Conference, we’ll provide a preview of our investments in mobile threat defense with the work...

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[Grimlakin]

Great so now we can have on vulnerability to rule them all.

 

[Brian_B]

I didn’t realize Defender was highly rated for anything other than price and availability