The Windows Control Panel contains a range of security options that can help protect your computer from viruses, hackers, and other threats. These options include:
1. Windows Firewall: The Windows Firewall is a system that filters local network traffic, keeping malicious programs from being able to access or damage your computer. It also has the ability to block specific services and programs from connecting with the internet.
2. Windows Defender: Windows Defender is an anti-virus and anti-spyware program included in Windows. It can detect, quarantine, and remove malicious programs that are attempting to infect your system.
3. User Account Control (UAC): UAC is a feature of Windows which helps reduce the risk of malware by prompting you with a message when a program is attempting to make changes to your computer. This allows you to allow or deny the action before it takes place.
4. Security Center: The Security Center provides a centralized location for monitoring the status of your system security and ensuring all security measures are up to date.
5. File Encryption: Windows includes the BitLocker feature to help protect the contents of your hard drive from unauthorized access.
6. Parental Controls: Parental Controls allows you to control what content your children can access on the computer and the amount of time they can be online.
7. Windows Update: Windows Update is used to keep your system up to date with the latest software and security updates.
8. System Restore: System Restore creates backups of your system so that if something goes wrong, you can roll back your system to a previous state.
9. Device Manager: The Device Manager lets you manage and update the drivers installed on your system.
10. Network Settings: The Network Settings window enables you to configure the settings of your computer’s network connection.
11. Portable Device Security: Portable Device Security allows you to configure security settings for mobile devices that are connected to your computer.
12. Backup and Restore: The Backup and Restore option lets you create a backup of your data so that you can restore them in case of an emergency.