A Digital Lifestyle Guide to Securing Windows XP
- by Jake Ludington on 20031009 @ 10:43PM EST | google it | send to friends
- Filed under Security | (related terms: computer, windows xp, pc, microsoft, digital lifestyle guide)
How do we protect our computers from becoming compromised?
Operating System exploits and security breaches can allow Hackers unprecedented access to a PC for the sole purpose of malicious intent. Viruses can wipe out an entire computer system, and email worms can spread like wildfire in a matter of hours.
Unfortunately, there aren't a set of straight forward rules one can apply to protecting any PC. What's worse is that the steps needed to protect a PC in today's world of online computing are not found in any Microsoft help file.
Quite simply, the notion of "computer security" is left to the end user to decide.
A Digital Lifestyle Guide to Securing Windows XP
I work with computers sixteen hours a day, almost every day of the week. I'm at risk just like people who only use their computer a few hours every week.
To protect my computer, I've spent countless hours researching the web in order to find the best comprehensive set of tools to automate security -- the same protection used by corporate security executives. Researching issues such as this is my full time job, and that's because I'm a publisher.
Based on recent security exploits in Windows XP and an increase in web viruses, I have outlined the very best of what I have come to learn in one simple guide, called The Digital Lifestyle Guide to Securing Windows XP. In short, the eBook teaches you:
- How to identify and eliminate security holes in Microsoft Windows XP
- How to keep your data safe by through the use of strong passwords and encryption
- How to keep viruses at bay
- How to stay up-to-date on security patches
- How to secure a wireless network
- And most importantly, how to automate most of these processes to save you time
All of my thoughts have been organized in an amazingly simple step-by-step guide, so that anyone -- regardless of computer expertise -- can achieve and maintain security on an ongoing basis.
Protecting your personal data and the well-being of your computer is a necessity, but it shouldn't be your full time job. Download a copy of Digital Lifestyle Guide to Securing Windows XP today, and have piece of mind that your computer is safe.
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