6. Securing Your Windows 8 Computer
This chapter shows you the security features in Windows 8 by focusing on the following tasks:
• Working with the Action Center
• Turning on your Windows Firewall
Today our computers seem to be attacked on many fronts. We receive phishing messages through email messages that look legitimate; we risk catching viruses when we download files; we can pick up unwanted parasites browsing the web. Thank goodness, Windows 8 is the most secure Windows operating system released to-date. Over the last few releases, ...
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