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Core Isolation & Memory Integrity

Anonymous
2019-12-21T21:13:05+00:00

After using this PC since November 2018, I had not noticed before that the core isolation / memory integrity function was not on, so I switched it on and re-booted, but, I am not sure if it is meant to be on a far as this particular PC is concerned, and I have no idea as to why it was not on. Should I leave it on, or knock it back off again? or is it not really that important, I just don't know if I have done the right thing or not!!

Will having put that 'On' now result in my a slowing down of things?  I don't want that, because my PC sufferes from excessive memory usage at the best of times, to the point whereby I am getting clipping while playing YouTube videos.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-21T21:27:09+00:00

    Hi Angelo,

    Thanks for the question!

    One Device security is Core isolation that provides virtualization-based security features to protect core parts of your device.

    Memory integrity is a security feature of Core isolation that prevents attacks from inserting malicious code into high-security processes.

    So the question is...will this slow down your system?

    The answer would be - yes; but, with caveats. Having a virus scanner slows down your system, installing a lot of software on your computer slows it down - its really about the cost-benefit analysis. As this would protect you from someone inserting malicious code, I would say keep it on. It's just another layer of protection and the process should not overrun your memory too much.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-22T02:35:00+00:00

    Thanks for the guidance on that.  I will leave it on for a week and monitor how things are running, and if videos get worse, or apps actually crash I might have no choice but to knock it off again.  I don't know why I have been getting such a maxing-out of my RAM when using Edge + YouTube, it just sits up there at 100% pumping like there is no tomorrow, and that is causing the videos to clip badly, the Core i5+ 8th generation also spends a lot of time pumping it up high, sometimes also near on 100% - so I don't know what is going on, unless of course my O/S has already been screwed and I am now looking at a full wipe.  I sincerely hope not.  However, I digress, so thanks again for the guidance, and please excuse my typos in that first submission, I'd been up all night so was not feeling all that great;  hope this one is better.  Cheers, from Angelo.  GB/UK  (EU no more).

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