Windows 10 Inside Out, Third Edition

Chapter 18

Windows security and privacy

Understanding security threats

New security features in Windows 10

Configuring privacy options

Monitoring your computer’s security

Preventing unsafe actions with User Account Control

Blocking malware

Stopping unknown or malicious programs with SmartScreen

Blocking intruders with Windows Defender Firewall

Encrypting information

We don’t mean to be scaremongers, but they are out to get you. Computer attacks continue to increase in number and severity each year. And while the big data breaches—the loss of millions of credit card numbers from a major retailer or the loss of millions of personnel records from the U.S. government—command the most media attention, don’t think that the bad guys wouldn’t like ...