Windows 7 allows you to configure the level of UAC protection. With Windows 7, Microsoft has again reduced the number of applications and operating system tasks that trigger the prompt.

Windows 7 is the most secure version to date of Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system, but its not perfect. Here are some of the ups and downs of Windows 7 security.

Action Center shows up as a little white flag on the right-hand side of the Windows 7 toolbar, or it can be reached by the path Control Panel — System and Security — Action Center.

Windows security authority Mark Minasi cautions that ASLR and PatchGuard are present only in 64-bit versions of Windows 7. Minasi also feels that PMIE offers little protection, and that UAC adds ...

Microsoft Windows 7 will no longer receive security patches - and cyber criminals will be looking to exploit it to target businesses that still haven't upgraded from Windows 7. Getting your ...

Businesses and educators using Windows 7 can get additional security updates, but it will cost them. Microsoft is charging $25 per machine for these updates, and that cost will double several ...

If you use a Microsoft laptop or desktop running Windows 7, your security is unfortunately obsolete. Microsoft officially ended support for that operating system in January 2020, which means that ...

Without extended security updates, Windows 7 will continue to run, but will no longer receive patches for new and existing security vulnerabilities. Windows 8.1, the operating system version that ...

Security researcher accidentally discovers Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 zero-day Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Nov. 25, 2020 at 12:46 p.m. PT Image: Microsoft ...

Ignore this and cling to Windows 7, and you’ll only have yourself to blame for any crazy zero-day hacks that wreck your system come January 14 (or beyond). Don’t take my word for it, though.

Windows 7's Security Account Manager, also known as SAM, is a database that stores user account and security information for users accessing your office computer. The database runs automatically ...

Poor, beleaguered Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 are now officially strolling the Elysian Fields of dead operating systems as Microsoft that the end of its support for them finally arrived on Tuesday ...