Win8 Encyclopedia 70: Windows Defender Getting Started

Author: Mayon

Windows 8 is a very secure system, and this is because, even if users do not install third-party anti-virus software, Win8 system itself should be able to provide a certain extent Security protection, this is Windows Defender. This issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia" will introduce how to open and use Windows Defender.

Windows Defender's design idea is very clever, that is, it will only be enabled if there is no third-party anti-virus product on the computer. Let's take a look at how it works.

Windows Defender

When there is no security software on our computer, the “small flag in the tray of the taskbar system will pop up a prompt, then we click “View anti-spyware Software applications (important information) & rdquo; can open the "Operation Center".

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In the new window, we can see Windows Defender, but now it is still off. And all we have to do is select it, then click “Start & rdquo;, so the computer is under the protection of Windows Defender.

Opening Windows Defender

Windows Defender is relatively simple to operate. In the first screen, we can perform a security scan on the computer and can select “fast”,“ & rdquo; & & quoquo; Custom & rdquo; several scanning modes. Once the virus is scanned, it can be directly quarantined and deleted.

Update Virus Vault

Switch to the “Update” tab, where we can update the virus database to the latest state, so that the latest virus is also invisible. In addition, Windows Defender also supports history and various settings, but in general, the default settings are sufficient for ordinary users.

Advanced Settings

Another advantage of Windows Defender is that you don't care about its upgrades, because Windows 8 system patches automatically update it, without having to manually operate it.

If you install other third-party anti-virus software, Windows Defender will automatically close, very user-friendly. This is the entire content of this issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia", so that your computer is always in a state of protection, have you learned?