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Solve : windows secure Boot?

Answer» <html><body><p>I have windows 8.1 installed on my desktop, while running belarc advisor I noticed it said that secure boot was disabled, I know this is my choice, but can <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/anyone-380251" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ANYONE">ANYONE</a> tell me if its worth installing or just a major pain. You can enable or <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/disable-432013" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about DISABLE">DISABLE</a> Secure Boot in your BIOS setup <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/utility-772057" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about UTILITY">UTILITY</a> (The steps to do this varies based on the machine but it's usually under "security").<br/><br/>This of course assumes that the system supports Secure Boot - PCs that did not ship with Windows 8 or custom builds do not usually <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/support-771795" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SUPPORT">SUPPORT</a> Secure Boot.<br/><br/>That said, not having Secure Boot enabled is not going to be a big loss. It can help to prevent some Rootkits but that's really all, not worth worrying about not having.Thanks again young man, your the best.camerongray, Hate to say it -<br/>you are right. <strong>This is a root kit sneak.</strong> Reported two years ago!<br/><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/19/win8_rootkit/">New vicious UEFI bootkit vuln found for Windows 8</a><br/><br/>Quote</p><blockquote><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk">www.theregister.co.uk</a><br/><br/>By John Leyden, 19 Sep 2012<br/><br/>Italian security consultants ITSEC discovered the security hole....<br/>Marco Giuliani, a director of ITSEC....<br/>"Our bootloader hooked the UEFI disk I/O routines and it intercepted the loading of the Windows 8 kernel, <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/thus-2307358" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about THUS">THUS</a> our bootkit tampered the kernel by disabling the security features used by Windows to prevent the loading of unsigned drivers," explains Marco Giuliani...<br/></blockquote> Quote from: Geek-9pm on August 25, 2014, 02:50:15 PM<blockquote>Reported two years ago!<br/></blockquote>Therefore it will likely have been fixed...</body></html>


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