Thursday, April 28, 2005
Guide to Windows security, all in one place
Respected Wall Street Journal columnist Walter Mossberg just published a list of recommended Windows security products.
It's a good list. I would add Microsoft's antispyware program to his list. It's free (so far anyway) and catches a lot of spyware. The user interface is annoying right now but the functionality is there.
I'd drop Norton Antivirus from the list, based on the complaints I've been hearing about viruses it doesn't catch. I and other security professionals are running "Nod32". Trend Micro's products are easier to use than Nod32 and are also well regarded. Whatever you use, subscribe to the periodic updates!
He adds lots of sound advice, including the radical
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It's a good list. I would add Microsoft's antispyware program to his list. It's free (so far anyway) and catches a lot of spyware. The user interface is annoying right now but the functionality is there.
I'd drop Norton Antivirus from the list, based on the complaints I've been hearing about viruses it doesn't catch. I and other security professionals are running "Nod32". Trend Micro's products are easier to use than Nod32 and are also well regarded. Whatever you use, subscribe to the periodic updates!
He adds lots of sound advice, including the radical
"consider dumping Windows altogether and switching to Apple's Macintosh"
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