18th
With Christmas only a few weeks away, PC sales are expected to increase and with these new machines, Microsoft’s Windows Vista will now almost certainly come installed. To ensure that users are protected against threats to their new PC, BeyondTrust, a provider of enterprise security software for Windows, has created a list of five key steps new Vista users should take:
1. Do not log into Windows Vista as an administrator.
2. Use separate accounts for all family members.
3. Vista introduces a new security feature called User Account Control (UAC). Keep it turned on, even if you find it annoying.
4. Set each family member’s e-mail to read incoming e-mails as plain text only, not HTML.
5. Be sure to log off of the computer when you are finished with your session.
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