Microsoft Defender Antivirus will protect Windows users from keyloggers and screen scrapers

Oct. 1 (Portaltic/EP) –

He native antivirus offered by Microsoft in its operating system it will also protect from screen scrapers and ‘keyloggers’ with the support of artificial intelligence, and it will do so by default in Windows 10 and 11.

The technology company has expanded the coverage provided by Microsoft Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 and 11 computers to include protection against screen scrapers and keyloggers, two malicious programs that capture what is displayed on the screen and what the user types, respectively, to steal information.

This protection is native, it is active by default and starts working from the moment the user turns on their Windows computer, as the company points out in a recent publication on the forum. Technology community.

It uses “machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the cloud-based Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph to block malware at first glance and in milliseconds.” In the face of new threats, will prevent them from entering the system and executing.