Windows Defender harnesses the power of machine learning, contributing to making Windows 10 Microsoft’s most secure client operating system and providing increased protection against security threats facing consumers and commercial enterprises today.
To reduce the number of both false negative and false positive detections our automation pipeline uses a variety of tools and technologies to process malware and unwanted software. These include:
- Machine learning
- Clustering
- Cosmos
- Azure and Cloud
The automation process
As seen in the diagram below, our automation typically takes a first pass at detecting malware as it is first encountered.
