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such as uBlock Origin to keep out a good chunk of
potentialad-basedmalwarepenetrations.These
moveswon’t catch everything, however, especially
if you’re visiting the less reputable corners of the
web. Norton, for example, is often more proactive
aboutblockingmaliciousactivitythanthebrowsers
are.Thatsaid,regardlessofyourbrowser,Windows
Securityshould have no trouble blocking potentially
malicious file downloads.
Moving on, Device security is a section that does
its work in the background and anything you see here
is mostly informational. Device performance & health,
however, gives a quick glance at the current hardware
status, including battery life, storage capacity, software,The firewall section
in Windows Security