Microsoft will offer an array of secuirity features to help protect users against online threats. The Windows Defender program has been improved and it looks like it will replace Windows Security Essentials as the security system on Windows. You will have the option to also use your own security software. The new version of Defender will help protect users from malware which include worms, viruses, bots and rootkits according to a blog post by Microsoft's Jason Garms.
Defender will receive its updates through Windows Update and will be interfaced with Microsoft's Secure Boot technology to ensure that the device boot process is also secure.
Microsoft has also improved the user experience on Windows Defender which will not feature any pop ups and will only let the user know when a restart is required. Performance improvements to the software also ensure less power consumption.
Microsoft has also improved their SmartScreen filtering offering for Windows and Internet Explorer (IE) to help protect users against online threats while their are browsing the web on IE. Based on their previous achivement of the filter on IE Microsoft is hoping to bring it's features throughout Windows.
Check out these features demonstrated in the video which follows :