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I’m told that Pliny the Elder once described the alarm system of ancient Rome by saying, “Even when the dogs sleep, the goose watches.”

By that standard, Windows 10 has been goosed.

With Windows 8, Microsoft somehow found a new backbone — or decided that it can fend off antitrust actions — and baked full antivirus, antispyware, antiscumstuff protection into Windows itself. Windows 10 continues to use exactly the same protection as Windows 8/8.1.

Although the ’Softies resurrected an old name for the service — Windows Defender — and then changed it to Windows Security, the antivirus protection inside Windows 10 is second to none. In Windows 10, Windows Security gives you the following layers of security: antivirus protection, ransomware protection, firewall protection against network and Internet attacks, reputation-based protection (for apps, files, and websites), exploit protection, and parental controls. All this is free!

Microsoft is also encouraging hardware manufacturers to use a boot-up process called UEFI, as a replacement to the decades-old BIOS. UEFI isn’t exactly a Windows 10 feature, but it’s a requirement for all PCs that carry the Windows 10 (or Windows 8) logo. UEFI can help protect you from rootkits by requiring digital signatures on any operating system that gets loaded. See Book 9, Chapter 3.