"Make My PC more secure" Alert Keeps Appearing in Windows 10

Tags windows-10

Symptom

User suddenly gets a prompt to "Make my PC more secure". This prompt appears at seemingly random times.

Sample:

 

 

Solution

This is in fact a valid Windows alert, although it may be annoying to some users. To prevent this from happening, perform the following steps:

  1. Click  >> Settings >> Accounts >> Email & accounts
  2. Ensure there are no accounts listed under Email, calendar, and contacts. The following example is what the window should look like:

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Article ID: 525
Created
Thu 9/27/18 2:35 PM
Modified
Mon 5/6/24 1:37 PM