FEBRUARY 2021 PCWorld 119and if there are any changes you’ll need to
make to better secure your PC.
You’ll learn about how
Windows tries to protect your
PC: preventing malware from
getting on your PC in the first
place, blocking pernicious
attacks like rootkits, and walling
off your documents to prevent
them from being infected.
(Want even more protection?
Learn how to use Windows
Sandbox, too (go.pcworld.
com/wsbx)!
After you learn what each
setting does, check out our
more formal review of Windows
Security (go.
pcworld.com/
wsec), which
examines
how its settings
can impact
your PC’s
performance. In
a separate story,
we argue that
Windows
Defender is
good enough
(go.pcworld.
com/wndf) that
you can
consider opting
out of paid antivirus solutions—if antimalware
is all you’re concerned about, at least.Windows Sandbox, in a window, looks like Windows—because it is. It’s just another
Windows desktop firewalled from your primary installation.
Windows Security’s virus scan section.