One of the details that Windows has had to deal with a lot is the mechanism or ways to prevent the passage of malware to computers. In Internet you can find many viruses that can not only throw your computer out of control (damage functions, delete information or files), but also steal personal information (bank accounts, home address or credentials to enter your social networks).
This is not a new battle. Since the internet came into our lives, we have always been exposed to this type of attack. Microsoft operating systems are currently much more efficient at avoiding infection from these threats. However, these defenses can always be improved to be fully protected in every way and have a better experience as a user in front of the computer.
Allowing a malicious file to enter our computer is something that we will never want, for this reason Today we are going to teach you how to improve the security of your PC with Windows 10. Well you have to know that this has an antivirus in its system called that can be configured to keep your computer in a state of alert against these viruses, but this is not the only way you have to be protected and we will show you all of them below.
What is Malware and what does it do?
Malware is short for Malicious Softwarea term that encompasses all types of malicious software or computer code whose function is to damage a system or cause it to malfunction.
There is a group of malicious software that can be found under different terms, although they can also be divided by degree of threat, for example, the Trojan is one of the most dangerous.
- Trojans (Trojans)
- Worms
- Keyloggers
- botnets
- Ransomware
- Spyware
- adware
- Hijackers
- FakeAVs
- root kits
- rogues and more
Steps and methods to improve the security of our PC with Windows 10
Windows Defender is normally on alert to prevent any type of irregularity within the system. But this does not mean that this service cannot be improved. There are several ways to configure it and we will show you below 6 methodsfrom the most common and simple, to the most advanced method, in order to ensure complete security to your computer.
Directive Editor
if you own Windows 10 Pro, this method is precisely for you, and in itself is the most practical and most effective. Thanks to this you can considerably improve the defenses of your team.
- First you will have to click on the start menu and write in the search engine (icon of a magnifying glass) “gpedit.msc” as you can see in the image, in order to find the Microsoft common console document and the directive editor will open.
- It will open a window where you will locate on the side “equipment configuration“, then you will look in the list that opened administrative templates, then Windows Components > Windows Defender Antivirus > MAPS.
- You will locate where it says “Join Microsoft MAPS” and double click, then click on “enabled“. At the bottom you will choose “basic MAPS” either “advanced MAPS“.
- Once active, you activate two other functionalities in the same folder. Configure the feature “lock at first sight“, will allow the system to analyze possible malware in real time.
Registry Editor
If you do not have version 10 Pro, you can use the registry. Follow the steps that we leave here to be able to do it.
- First open the start menu and type in the search engine regedit.
- You will navigate the following route: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > POLICES > MICROSOFT > WINDOWS DEFENDER.
- Then you will right click on Windows Defender, and choose “New” and then “Key code“. You will write him as a name “spynet” (previously MAPS was known as Spynet).
- Right-click on the entry for “spynet” that you previously created, and choose Value of “DWORD (32-bit)“and you name it SpynetReporting.
- double click SpynetReporting and in the space located below valuable informationyou put the number 2.
- You create another key in Windows Defender, you give it the name MpEngine. Inside you will create a DWORD (32-bit) value, called MpCloudBlockLevel and give it the number 2. Now for these changes to be applied you must restart the computer.
Update Windows Defender
Updating your Windows Defender allows your antivirus to be informed of any existing threats (all including new threats) so that none can go unnoticed and cause your system to crash. You should know that updating an antivirus improves the ability to counteract viruses from the oldest to the most current.
- First go to this URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/definitions
- At the bottom of the page you will locate and select: “Windows Defender Antivirus for Windows 10 and Windows 8″.
- You choose which system you have, if the 64-bit or 32-bit version.
- run the .exe that you just downloaded and installed the update.
- And restart your PC.
PowerShell
Before you begin, you must as follows:
- First you must enter the Microsoft page to download it.
- You click on run the downloaded file to start the Windows update.
Once the operating system has been updated, we proceed to the configuration to improve its security.
- In the system browser look for powershell.
- When you get the results right click and then click on “ANDrun as administrator“.
- Once this is done, a blue window will open. PowerShellin which we must write the following command and press the return key: Set-MpPreference –PUAprotection 1. (Write exactly to the text shown respect spacing, and those not spaced). Reboot the system to enjoy a more secure system.
Windows Defender in Chrome
It can increase the security of your operating system adding an extension to your Google Chrome browser, we will explain it step by step below:
- First you must open your Google Chrome browser and access its settings. To do this, you will be located in the upper right area of the screen and enter “Plus tools” and then in “Extensions“, as the picture shows.
*Note: This extension is no longer available in the Google Chrome store, RIP 🙁
- To directly access the extension and download it, you must click on the following link above.
- Click on install, after waiting for the installation it will show the option to add extension, by doing this you can add the extension of “Windows Defender” to Google Chrome.
- You restart the browser and you will see by default the added extension.
It is important to know that this extension will prevent access to some pages that represent risks for your computer, however, it will guarantee complete protection of what you see, and of the information that you can leave on each web page. In addition, it offers a rather striking notice that will warn of the threat that each place on the Internet where you can access or the threat that downloading a file may present.
However, if you are completely convinced, you can click on “More information” and then in “Disregard and continue” In this way you will access the specific web page. If, on the other hand, you do not want to take any type of risk, just click on the option that says “Black to safety” to return to a secure page.
Activate real-time protection
Protecting your PC in real time gives you many benefits, among them you can find that it keeps you informed of the smallest details that could put the information contained on your computer at risk, immediately showing you an alert status so that you can prevent malware from entering .
We will show you below a few steps to be able to activate the protection and guarantee a high quality protection:
- First is you will need open windows menu and locate the option where it says “Setting“.
- After opening it you will have to locate yourself and select the option that says “Windows Defender”.
- By clicking on it you will see a list of two options that you should activate as soon as possible; “Protection in real time” Y “Cloud-based protection”.
- Doing this will allow it to scan every new program you install, every file and download you do. In this way you will keep your computer very active against any threat that may occur. After this you will have to restart your computer.
*Important: Before any of these methods, it is necessary to keep Windows Defender active so that it can perform an analysis at least once a week, in order to guarantee greater protection for your computer.
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