Tech Advisor - UK (2020-03)

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 41 With the new mic set-up, it seems like it would be a good opportunity to update the built-in camera ...

42 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 REVIEW thingandit’sjusta matteroftime.Thewaitingisthe hardest part. Roman Loyola Specifications 16 ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 43 Review: Windows Security F or years, the attitude towards Windows 10’s built- in security was that ...

44 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL Windows Security is accessible via the Start menu or an icon in the system tray. I ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 45 TheVirus& threatprotectionis whereMicrosoft hasreally filled out its antivirus chops, and its A ...

46 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL choose a custom scan to check specific files or folders. Finally, there’s the Wind ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 47 Alloftheseoptionsareturnedonbydefault,andall ofthemhaveclearexplanationsaboutwhattheydo ifyou’re th ...

48 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL such as uBlock Origin to keep out a good chunk of potentialad-basedmalwarepenetrat ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 49 and the Windows Time service. This is also where you can carry out a ‘Fresh start’ to reinstall Win ...

50 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL As for the testing houses, AV-Test gave Windows Defender (the AV portion of Window ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 51 stopped everything else including targeted attacks. From these results we can gather that Windows S ...

52 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL A ntivirus software is nearly as crucial as a PC’s operating system. Even if you’r ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 53 You could, for example, visit a website that unintentionally displays malicious ads. Or accidentall ...

54 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL How we test First, we take a look at the interface to determine how easy or compli ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 55 Ourtestmachineis anAcerAspireE15withan IntelCore i3-7100U, 4GB RAM, and a 1TB hard drive. Each secu ...

56 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL differences worth noting, as well as a new look at the suite’s basic performance. ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 57 Norton Security’s interface is more or less the same as it has been for a few years now. At the top ...

58 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL reportthatchecksvariousissuessuchaswhether there’s hardware that’s not working pro ...

MARCH 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 59 The Backup section is a cloud backup with 25GB included for free in your subscription. Performance ...

60 TECH ADVISOR • MARCH 2020 SECURITY SPECIAL September 2018 Malware Protection test with nearly 12,000 samples, Norton 22.15 sc ...