Windows 11 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 1

Spies, Spams, and Scams Are Out to Get You

IN THIS CHAPTER

Determining which hazards and hoaxes to look out for

Keeping up to date with reliable sources

Figuring out whether your system is infected

Protecting yourself

Windows XP had more security holes than a prairie-dog field. Windows Vista was built on top of Windows XP, and the holes were hidden better. Windows 7 followed Windows Vista and included innovative security capabilities and represented the first significant break from XP’s lethargic approach to security. Windows 8 included marginal security improvements to Windows itself, as well as better safety nets to keep you from shooting yourself in the foot and a fully functional, very capable antivirus program.

Windows 10 introduced a Windows Security app that acts as a control panel for all security tools built into the operating system. And luckily, they were many of them, including a much-improved Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Windows 11 further fine-tunes the security tools from Windows 10, but its biggest contribution to your security is that Microsoft finally ...