Gizmodo’s 2026 roundup of free antivirus tools for Windows 10 names Avira, Malwarebytes Free, and Microsoft Defender among the options still relevant after Windows 10’s October 14, 2025 support cutoff, but the larger story is that antivirus choice now sits inside a shrinking runway for the...
Microsoft’s first security update for Windows 10 in 2026, KB5073724, is a compact but consequential patch: it’s a security-only cumulative for Extended Security Update (ESU) and LTSC devices that removes legacy modem drivers, prepares devices for Microsoft’s replacement Secure Boot certificates...