Turn on real-time protection for Windows 8 systems

  
        Whenever it is necessary to strengthen the protection of the safe operation of Windows systems, it is always necessary to do the work. In Microsoft's latest Windows 8 operating system, the Windows Defender tool, which everyone is very familiar with, has greatly improved its functionality.


In this operating system, Windows Defender tool is no longer just a simple tool to prevent malicious programs. Now it also supports virus killing. So, this tool has become Microsoft's first built-in. Antivirus software. This tool combines some of the features of Microsoft Security Essentials, it is good at using it to actively scan and delete viruses, and its real-time protection function can "protect" when surfing online for Windows 8 system.

For Windows 8 system real-time protection, you can press the "Win+X" shortcut, select the "Control Panel" command, double-click the "Windows Defender" icon, and expand the main operation interface of the corresponding tool. In the "Home" tab page, by default we can only see the scanning options and real-time protection information. The scanning function is the same as other anti-virus software, supporting "fast", "complete", "custom" and so on. Scan mode, the quick scan option can find the areas most vulnerable to viruses and malicious programs. The full scan option can detect all the contents of the local computer hard disk. The custom scan option allows the user to define the scan range according to the actual situation.

When you find that Windows 8 system real-time protection is turned off, you can click the "Settings" tab of the common software, open the label settings page, click the "Real-time protection" option in the list on the left, right in the corresponding option. Side display area, select the "Enable real-time protection" option, press the "Save Changes" button to perform the settings save operation, so the function is successfully enabled.

In the future, when a virus or other malicious program tries to secretly install and run it, the real-time protection function will remind the user in the first time.

In order to ensure security, we must also regularly update the Windows Defender tool to ensure that its own virus database is always up to date. If you find that the virus database of the corresponding program has not been updated to the latest state in the "Home" tab of the tool, you may wish to select the "Update" tab in the main interface and click the "Update" button in the tab page. Can force Windows Defender to automatically update the virus database.

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