Acer Chromebook 14 Hd

[Kazal]

I bought one of the above a few weeks ago and was told that it had built in security.
Not being IT savvy I have looked for evidence of this but cannot find any. Does anyone know if this is right and where do I look for it.

[Buenchico]

The Chrome operating system is, by its nature, vastly more secure than Windows. Windows relies on a central 'registry' which links everything together on a computer, so it's relatively easy for a virus (or other malware) to spread across all parts of the system. Chrome, like Android, 'sandboxes' each part of a computer's operations, so that they all function entirely independently of each other:
https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3438631?hl=en-GB

So Chromebooks don't need any anti-virus software to be installed; the Chrome operating system is effectively impregnable to outside attacks anyway. If you want to increase your privacy though then some of the suggestions here might be relevant to you:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3064762/security/how-to-configure-your-chromebook-for-ultimate-security.html

[Guilbert53]

The other thing to remember is that scammers and hackers are more likely to write something for the Windows operating system as there are millions of these computer around the world.

Chromebooks are still a small percentage of the computer market so in that sense it is not worth writing viruses and malware for the Chromebook platform.

Also much of what you do on a Chromebook is "in the cloud" (less is download to the computer itself) so again, less likely to download a virus or piece of malicious software.

[Kazal]

Many thanks both