With more than a 70 percent market share, it is safe to say that Microsoft’s Windows operating system (OS) is easily the world’s favorite computer platform. Accordingly, the OS’s popularity makes it more targeted by cybercriminals than any other platform, with the exception of Android.
With that in mind, it makes sense to secure your Windows PC as best you can. Here are four tips to help you do just that.
If you are unfamiliar with what a VPN does, the software neatly accomplishes two key things simultaneously: it encrypts all of your data traffic and it creates your very own private browsing network. Your information cannot be intercepted, nor decrypted even if it was.
Install a VPN and use it whenever you’re online, especially if you use free public WiFi networks.
We get it, Windows updates are the digital equivalent of snail mail, they seem to take forever to finally reach their target, in this case, that’s your PC. But updates are essential as developers release these to patch known issues and vulnerabilities. Leaving your computer un-updated is practically akin to inviting threat actors into your systems.
According to Microsoft, Windows 10 offers the company’s best native security tools and features, so it only makes sense to use these as much as possible. Consider enabling the following:
While Windows Defender, a native antivirus, antimalware, and firewall rolled into one, isn’t bad, it certainly falls far short of top-line security software. If you can, invest in third-party antimalware and antivirus solutions (you need both) for an extra layer of security.
Hopefully, these four tips help keep your data, device, and personal information safe and secure in 2021.
This post was last modified on 11th March 2021 4:04 pm
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