Windows Security Tips

In this video I am going to give you tips to keep your windows computer secure. security is important. So its a good idea to do whatever you can to keep your system secure.

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[jordanjackson]

Your password method is actually what I've been doing for a year now. Glad to see someone else does that.

[sunilkc]

I just discovered your channel a couple of days ago and i automatically subbed.

Your content is awesome!

[yeayea]

1:00 Setting - Accounts - Local Account
1:50 Control Panel - User Account - Change your account type - Standard
4:50 Start - Setting - Account - Sign in options - Password
9:50 Start - Create a restore point - Configure - ✅Turn on system protection - ok
15:35 Start- type Control panel - Networking and internet - Networking and Sharing Center - Change adapter settings - right click on Ethernet icon - Properties - ?!?!?

[klwtherd]

I'm an IT Security Professional and i can tell you the actual statistics on vunerablilities and weaknesses on a Windows operating system. Only 6% of infections come from your anti-virus/malware not stopping the infection. The other 94%(yes i said 94%) are from people NOT updating their Windows Operating System. What people don't understand is that Windows OS's are like swiss cheese; they have tons of wholes in them. And everytime you receive a Windows update for your OS, it plugs one of those holes. Sadly, Windows is written so poorly from a programmer standpoint that it's constantly finding new holes. It's like a wack-a-mole game. Everytime you plug a existing hole, i new hole appears. Your best Security advice is NOT to use Windows OS's at all!

[DiddlyDiPotatoes]

Yep, fairly solid set of tips. Good stuff.

[j.a.velarde]

Another wonderful video that will protect thousands of people! Thank you; you do a great service for us.

[frankbriceno]

top-notch video! i am studying cybersecurity and this info has been very valuable. Thanks bro! Subscribed to your channel now

[jakobfel]

Great tips! I run with a standard local account, myself, even though the UAC prompts get old. I use Windows Defender as my AV with core isolation enabled, I run EVERY download through VirusTotal and have Windows Sandbox enabled in the case of downloads that I am not 100% sure of. Also, I actually use Quad9's DNS (with DNS over HTTPS enabled in my browsers) which automatically blocks a gargantuan list of malicious domains entirely and is probably the most private DNS service. On top of that, I ensure that my adblocker (Adguard is my preference) on all of my browsers has access to a filter list to block malware domains and functions as well. Oh, and I also encrypted my storage drives with Bitlocker (TPM enabled) just for added security, though that's a bit overkill as I live in an area with an extremely low crime rate. While I do have a less complex password for my PC, because of where I live, I'm not terribly worried about it as it's not a BAD password, it's just not as ridiculous as my passwords for sites that I use (at LEAST 50 characters each, with random letters, numbers and special characters, all managed through KeePassXC).

[alexb.]

Great set of tips. I'm 100% with you about passwords, what your remember and never write down beats something you have to write down to always reference... especially at work, where they think long complex passwords that need to be changed every X days is the way to make things secure. Yeah. Sure. I should buy stock in 3M post it notes.

[jeff]

I was curious what your opinion is on PC Matic? Ive been using it for a few years now and it seems pretty good and low impact on the machine. I value your opinion. Great channel BTW

[arsonfly]

The Microsoft account thing is a double edged sword though. Apps you download from the Microsoft store have limited access like they do in iOS and Android and I presume Linux. Traditional windows apps aren't limited in this way. In order to use those versions of apps you have to have a Microsoft account.

Now, you CAN uninstall OneDrive if you want but many devices come with encryption without having to pay extra (finally!") to protect your data in the case of theft. I actually uninstalled OneDrive because I use Google Drive.

I also think that a written down, complicated password, is more secure because you're most likely to have your account attacked by somebody who doesn't have access to your PC.

I use a memorable password for the service that manages my passwords and that's it but for older people I can see how password managers might complicate life.

[vitalis]

Is there a way to make specific system restore points permanent? I would like to be able to revert back to a fresh installation with custom apps installed

[spenmac]

@CyberCPU Tech, glad you mentioned PiHole towards the end of the vid. I recently went a step further with mine and installed a recursive DNS server called UNBOUND along side PiHole. Im still in the testing it out for speed/reliability phase but for the most part its seems to be running well despite the fact its running on a pi2.

[leonjones]

I have problems using System Restore when using Bitdefender Total Security. It becomes so tightly linked it stops me using recovery using S.R. I used to love it as it was so easy to do. 😞

[qualityreviewer]

Thanks for all your Windows 11 programs, I bought a new PC and would have been totally lost without your programs. I have run into an issue that seems pretty common. After changing the automatic reset point as you advised, I set a new point manually and tried running a system reset, but it failed. I found several YouTube shows on how to fix this, most confusing. I doubt this has anything to do with the registry change so could you do a program on how to fixe system reset when it fails?

[sigmitnavn]

Just found tour Channel, and This is just a Big Big help. Thanks. Hope you will make more beginners videos🙏

[livvy]

im new to all this. so be nice haha. but if you have a local account, doesn’t that mean that if something happens you are in danger of loosing everything you had in there?

[vrod]

Energy of dad joke on this channel is insane

[sasherz]

yeah, security thing is huge these days.
If your one of those persons that have or might fall for tech support scamm, you most defently do not want your info stored on your pc, but how windows 11 is and wants you to have a online account to even be able to logg into windows 11... (yes I know about the local win11 account workaround), but I still see this forced windows account loggin as a high privacy risk. since you cant easely have bogus info without changing it online on microsoft account itself, .
Not only that, streamers to, seeing theyr real life info.... some streamers dont want to share that part of theyr real life.
I forgot all about UAC so thanks for that info!

[Empire]

Other ways to keep safe is also your network, I have firewall and security setup on my router that blocks in coming bad traffic.