The security of Windows 10 has improved a lot over the years and these improvements have been successfully implemented in Windows 11. The result has been so positive that thanks to the progress Microsoft has made in this regard, it is possible to use both operating systems today without having to resort to a third-party antivirus solution.

Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 come with a very lightweight and powerful integrated Microsoft Defender security solution that is perfectly functional and quite effective both when it comes to preventing and stopping malware attacks, and when it comes to solving the problem when we’ve already been infected.

With Microsoft Defender, we can be sure that if we do, we won’t have any serious security issues at least reasonable use our team. This platform is also very complete, as it has various options and tools aimed at improving security, among which offline analysis stands out, which will help us eliminate even the most difficult viruses.

This platform also has advanced security features that help us protect ourselves from one of the most serious threats that exist today, keyloggers. This type of malware is a classic that has been around the computer world for many years and is one of the most dangerous as it can be used to steal important information such as bank account credentials and passwords by recording keystrokes. .

How Windows 10 and Windows 11 protect us from keyloggers

Microsoft has dedicated an article that explains how it has improved security in both operating systems to deal with this type of threat, and it is very interesting because it allows us to better understand how the whole process works protection that is in place to prevent this malware from affecting us.

The first protection measure starts with starting the PC. Windows uses “Safe Boot” (safe boot), Trusted Boot (trusted shoe) a “Measured Shoe” (measured boot) to verify that all key elements such as firmware, kernel, bootloader, drivers and anti-malware software are fine, working as intended and have not been tampered with.

This measure already applies an important layer of security, which is subsequently strengthened by the introduction of Microsoft Defender Antivirus. This will complete the process multi-engine detection block any possible malware. If the virus resists and continues to attack, tamper protection comes in to prevent the malware from disabling the antivirus software.

Finally we have Microsoft Defender SmartScreena very useful feature because it prevents malware downloads and works even when we disabled real-time scanning in Microsoft Defender Antivirus. This is very useful because there are certain types of malware that do not contain a keylogger, but rather What they do is try to download it from the internet once they managed to infect a computer and were able to remain unnoticed.

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