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    The term window security may refer to any of a range of measures used to avoid unauthorized access through windows, and prevent crimes such as burglary...
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  • industry – Windows (unqualified) for a consumer or corporate workstation, Windows Server for a server and Windows IoT for an embedded system. Windows is sold...
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  • The Security Log, in Microsoft Windows, is a log that contains records of login/logout activity or other security-related events specified by the system's...
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  • Security and Maintenance (formerly known as Action Center, and Security Center in earlier versions) is a component of the Windows NT family of operating...
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  • Security Identifier (SID) is a unique, immutable identifier of a user account, user group, or other security principal in the Windows NT family of operating...
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    program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has evolved into a full antivirus program, replacing Microsoft Security Essentials...
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  • ran on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8 and later versions, which have built-in AV components known as Windows Defender...
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  • April 8, 2014. Windows Embedded POSReady 2009, based on Windows XP Professional, received security updates until April 2019. The final security update for...
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  • Control-Alt-Delete (category Windows administration)
    invokes Windows Security in all versions and editions of Windows NT family except Windows XP. (See below.) Prior to Windows Vista, Windows Security was a...
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  • There are a number of security and safety features new to Windows Vista, most of which are not available in any prior Microsoft Windows operating system release...
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  • security updates for Windows 7 for up to three years since the official end of life. Windows 7 was intended to be an incremental upgrade to Windows Vista...
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    including Bitdefender Ultimate Security, and specific plans for small businesses and content creators, available for Windows, Mac OS, iOS, and Android. Bitdefender...
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  • Safety and security window films are polyester or PET films that are applied to glass and glazing in order to hold them together if the glass is shattered...
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  • Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, and Windows 11. It aims to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by limiting...
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  • such as security patches, over their five-year lifespan of mainstream support. As with Windows 10 (since version 20H2), mainstream builds of Windows 11 are...
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    between ESET Smart Security 4.0 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 but these were remedied by an update. On August 17, 2010, ESET Smart Security version 4.2 was...
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  • critical updates, such as security patches, over their five-year lifespan of mainstream support. It was released in July 2015. Windows 10 Insider Preview builds...
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  • Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) is a process in Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for enforcing the security policy...
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  • Comparison of antivirus software (category Windows security software)
    excludes Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 as they do not support running protection programs. Antivirus software International Computer Security Association...
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  • for Windows offer a more user-friendly interface and additional features for analyzing these logs. List of Microsoft Windows components Security and safety...
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  • as security patches. It was succeeded by Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021. In contrast to the tablet-oriented approach of Windows 8,...
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  • BitLocker (category Microsoft Windows security technology)
    full volume encryption feature included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with Windows Vista. It is designed to protect data by providing encryption...
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    Pop-up ad (redirect from Popup window)
    vulnerabilities/security holes in browser security. A variation on the pop-up window, the pop-under advertisement, opens a new browser window under the active window...
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    privacy, security, and intellectual property titled "Privacy, Security, and Content in Windows Platforms", which focused on turning Windows into a "platform...
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  • Security descriptors are data structures of security information for securable Windows objects, that is objects that can be identified by a unique name...
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  • Windows Authentication. Integrated Windows Authentication uses the security features of Windows clients and servers. Unlike Basic Authentication or Digest Authentication...
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    unpatched Windows NT-based versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 2000 through Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Microsoft issued a security patch...
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  • Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) is a component of Windows API that performs security-related operations such as authentication. SSPI functions...
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    and Security. Academic Conferences Limited. pp. 20–27. ISBN 978-1-912764-88-4. ProQuest 2505729645. Dyjack, David (March 2020). "The Overton Window". Journal...
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  • Appstore. Windows 11 introduced significantly higher system requirements than typical operating system upgrades, which Microsoft attributed to security considerations...
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