The most important security tips for Windows 8

For more security when Browsing, you should use the Internet Explorer in the Windows 8 Design. Plug-ins are disabled by default. The largest attack surface for hackers and Malware is turned off.

Your virus protection program should not only run on Windows 8, but also be optimized. Since Windows 8 has not only a Desktop, but also an App interface should also be sufficiently protected. A good and free Anti-virus protection provide you with, among other things, the programs of Avira, AVG and avast.

With Windows 8 Apps have been introduced that allow for the Start-up screen start. Some applications such as Skype are more than Desktop Version available: The program is only available as an App on the Computer to install. The Problem is that The App is not running on the Desktop, so your antivirus program cannot properly monitor. Attacks via Apps penetrate thus much easier and faster into the System than those programs. Even if Microsoft checks Apps that keep creeping in contaminated specimens. Therefore, you should carefully which Apps you install and use. They follow well-known and popular programs as well as the manufacturer.

Only if your Computer is wearing such a sticker, is the Hardware of the PC is capable of UEFI. This replaces the old BIOS and mediates between Windows 8 and your Hardware. Only if your Computer is the Label carries, you can also take the "safe boot" in the claim. Using this function, the System is protected against boot loader attacks.

Even if your Windows RT device, "only" a Tablet, you should be taken care of, as if it were a Computer. It is almost a full-fledged PC that can be stored for personal and sensitive data. The loss of a Windows RT device is, therefore, usually follow severe than that of a smartphone. You use so here is a password and Software to the location.

In the Windows 8 App Store, each App must specify which data you want to access. Check the permission list before Installation. Not every program is mandatory for all the information it wants to obtain. The permissions are too extensive, you should not install the App rather.