How to block suspicious behavior in Windows 10? | Windows Defender

You don't have to be very experienced to understand what this Defender mode is all about, but what's important to know is that it's off by default.

So we'll get into action right away, we'll see how activate the lock and what exactly it does to help protect our equipment. Also being able to use another antivirus along with Windows Defender in Windows 10.

Block suspicious behavior, how do I do it?

Regardless of how many versions of Windows 10 there are and which one is best, this feature is disabled. In other words, it is in this state by default, so you need to manually enable it.




Thankfully it's not very difficult to make it happen, and to make it even easier, we've compiled the information in a series of steps to follow.

To start, we place the Windows start menu on the taskbar and open it, then select the option " Settings ".

Inside the new window, you have to click on " Update and security “, A section identified by a circular arrow pointing to the left.

The next step is to select, in the side panel, the section " Windows Defender “, At this point the system has changed a bit, so we will not find an exact configuration or a button that invites you to enable this protection.

On the other hand, to be able to block suspicious behavior in Windows 10, you will only have to activate two options found in " Windows Defender ".

 

How to block suspicious behavior in Windows 10? | Windows Defender

It is about " Real-time protection " is " Cloud-based protection “, Which are located in the upper part of said window.



And, which can be enabled by sliding a single button for each, located just to the right of each mode.


That is, when you move them to the right side, they will be active, which can also be verified because they will remain blue. On the other hand, if you want to view Defender's activity, as well as its history or updates, scroll down to " Open Windows Defender ".

By clicking on this option, we will get a new window where everything related to this security component included in Windows 10 is available.

What is achieved by blocking these behaviors?

Although the name of this feature is considered by many to be very vague, Microsoft itself has clarified it a bit for its users and others.

So blocking such behavior is just one way to describe the technology responsible for reducing the area in terms di attacks Guard by Windows Defender itself.

Therefore, when you enable it, Windows 10 will activate a series of security rules. These measures they disable features that only malware regularly takes advantage of.

 

How to block suspicious behavior in Windows 10? | Windows Defender


Thus helping to keep the computer protected from attack. As for the specific rules, we list some of them here:

  • It has the task of blocking those processes which are executed from a USB, which are not reliable and which are not signed.
  • It inhibits all executable content that comes from the webmail client and, likewise, from e-mail.
  • It does not allow Block Office applications to create executable content, other than restrict the creation of child processes.
  • Disable VBScript or JavaScript in reference to the beginning of the downloaded content which is considered executable. It also blocks scripts that it considers potentially obfuscated from starting.

There are many more, but all guidelines aim at protect your content, files, system and equipment in question as such.



The best thing about this is that it has been available in all versions of Windows 2018 since 10, so all users can start taking advantage of it.

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