How you can improve the protection of your Windows 10 PC against ransomware with these simple steps

Security is essential on our computers and in Windows we find at our disposal a series of tools that, although they are not infallible, do offer some protection against threats. And among all these threats this year _ransomware_ has gained importance, a type of _malware_ that accesses your folders and encrypts them so that you cannot enter them again .

To avoid problems and help us protect our files, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has added a system that protects us by preventing suspicious applications from accessing foldersthat the user decides to protect.A system that we can activate (it is disabled by default) or deactivate with these simple steps.

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To do this we go to the configuration of Windows Defender for which we use the fastest method which is to go to the taskbar and In it, by pressing the up arrow, access the Windows Defender icon that appears in the shape of a shield in the small box that opens."

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Once inside the Windows Defender Security Center look for direct access to Antivirus and threat protection. It is the first access on the left."

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Here we are going to see, on the one hand, the history of all the tests that you have submitted to your computer and if we continue moving the mouse we arrive at the option Settings for antivirus and protection against threats in which we must _click_ with the mouse."

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Once inside we must look for the option Control access to the folder and activate it so that we give Windows access to protect our folders."

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We have already activated the control of the folders and it only remains to determine the folders that will become protected so that Windows 10 will block the access of suspicious applications to them. Exactly eliminates the possibility of ransomware access."

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