PCWorld outlines four essential security upgrades for new PCs: enabling biometric login through Windows Hello, verifying encryption settings, optimizing antivirus configurations, and setting up ...

Q: What are the pros and cons of using Windows BitLocker? A: You can do many things to help keep your computer secure, and encryption is one of those options. Various ...

There is an abundance of free encryption tools, but if you’re running Windows, BitLocker is the only tool most people need, especially for home use. Although its encryption function is only available ...

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Modern Windows PCs often include some kind of biometric hardware, mainly in the form of facial recognition (using infrared cameras) or fingerprint scanning. Both of these features let you use Windows ...

Secure Boot has relied on the same security certificates to verify bootloaders since 2011, during the development cycle for Windows 8. But those original certificates are set to expire in June and ...

Microsoft initially claimed that the Windows Recall databases were secure because they were encrypted by Bitlocker and only decrypted when the user logged in to Windows 11. However, if malware was ...