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You can now put Windows Defender into your Chrome browser
- Microsoft is bringing the power of Windows Defender to the Chrome browser via an extension.
- Chrome already does a good job of protecting you from malware, but Microsoft says the Windows Defender Chrome extension is better.
- According to Microsoft, the Windows Defender Chrome extension is 99 percent effective against phishing attacks.
Google’s Chrome browser already has some pretty good malware protection. When you visit a site that Chrome thinks might be harmful, you are given a huge warning and have to go through a couple of steps to click through against Chrome’s advice.
But Microsoft’s Windows Defender is pretty terrific at protecting Windows machines from viruses and malware, too. And now, Microsoft is bringing Windows Defender into Chrome via an extension.
To be clear, you don’t have any obligation to put Windows Defender in Chrome, even if you are running a Windows PC. However, Microsoft claims that the Windows Defender browser extension is 99 percent effective against things like phishing attacks, compared to Chrome’s 87 percent and Mozilla Firefox’s 70 percent.
Just like the main Windows Defender program for Windows, the browser extension is totally free. If you feel like you need an extra layer of protection (or think mom and dad’s computers could use a little extra protection), this new extension could be a huge benefit.
Or you could just use Microsoft Edge in place of Chrome and get Windows Defender’s features automatically. What’s that? No? OK, then here’s the link to the Chrome extension: