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My favorite free security software for Windows is Microsoft Security Essentials from Microsoft, the folks who should be protecting their operating system. Microsoft just came out with a beta of their next version, Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 featuring: Windows Firewall integration– allows you to turn on or off the Windows Firewall during setup. Enhanced protection [...] I have mentioned several times that Conficker is considered the most dangerous virus to date. The Atlantic Monthy magazine has a great article titled The Enemy Within on the history of Conficker and where we are now. It’s a fascinating read for both technical security buffs and non techies. It starts: The Enemy Within by [...] Bootable CDs to the Rescue Some viruses are so bad that they lock you out of your computer’s administrative controls. When that happens, consider using a bootable CD that can clean the hard drive of viruses. This often fixes things enough to let you get into Windows and make further repairs. AVG Rescue CD [...] Gina Trapani wrote up a great article on the infamous Antispyware 2009 and how to get rid of it. This software pretends to be legitimate antivirus software, but is itself a virus. There are many variants of the software and I wrote about one of them called Antivirus XP 2008. How to Remove XP AntiSpyware [...] I used to tell people that the newest Internet Explorer 8 was safe enough. But recent events have changed my mind. The Chinese attacks on Google over Christmas were perpetrated using a vulnerability that exists in all versions of Internet Explorer. Microsoft still hasn’t fixed this. Because of security concerns, both the German and French [...] |
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