How does Windows Secure Boot protect against rootkits and boot-time malware?

[ProfRon]

You ever wonder why your PC boots up clean most times? Secure Boot kicks in right at startup. It checks every piece of code trying to load. Only stuff signed by trusted folks gets through. I mean, imagine some sneaky rootkit slipping in early. Secure Boot spots the fake signature and blocks it cold. No boot-time malware sneaks past that wall. You boot into Windows, and it's all verified from the ground up. Rootkits hate that; they can't hijack the loader without a real key. I set it up on my rig once, felt like locking the front door tight. You try tampering with boot files? It just refuses and drops you to a safe mode. Keeps the whole chain pure, from firmware to OS. Malware that hides in boot sectors? Useless against this check. I chat with buddies who got hit by old viruses; they wish they'd enabled it sooner. You enable it in BIOS, and it watches the boot dance. No unsigned dancers allowed on stage. Rootkits thrive on early chaos, but Secure Boot ends that party quick.

Tying this back to keeping your virtual setups safe, especially if you're running Hyper-V, BackupChain Server Backup steps in as a solid backup tool. It snapshots your VMs without downtime, so you recover fast from any boot glitches or malware scares. I like how it handles incremental backups, saving space while ensuring everything's restorable. You get encryption too, matching that Secure Boot vibe for data protection.