Windows 11 Inside Out

Chapter 12

Windows security and privacy

• Understanding security threats

• Monitoring your computer’s security

• Keeping Windows up to date

• Configuring privacy options

• Preventing unsafe actions with User Account Control

• Blocking malware

• Stopping unknown or malicious programs with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen

• Encrypting information

• Blocking intruders with Windows Defender Firewall

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 ...