How to keep your Vista PC safe
Laptop Security Blog How to keep your Vista PC safe
March 20th, 2007
Author: arieannaThe Consumer Reports Electronics Blog’s Donna Tapellini outlines some great ways to keep your new Windows Vista PC safe. Although Vista is being advertised as more safe, with included antispyware, steps should always be taken to protect your data more aggressively.
Donna suggests that you first update any existing security software you may have – check vendor sites for Vista upgrade availability. Preferably do the security upgrade before upgrading to Vista.
The following vendors/products have Vista upgrades available for free:
BitDefender Antivirus & Internet Security, Computer Associates Antivirus, F-Secure Security & Antivirus (beta only), Kaspersky Antivirus & Internet Security, McAfee 2007, Symantec Norton Internet Secuirty, AntiVirus and Confidential, Trend Micro Internet Security & Antivirus, ZoneAlarm Identity protection (beta only).
Absolute Software’s products are all Windows Vista compatible, for any new install. If you are upgrading to Vista, we recommend you log into your account, uninstall the agent, and do your Vista upgrade. Then, you can log into your account again and reinstall – a process which will ensure you have the very latest version.
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I would definitely say that the best piece of advice I could offer in regard to keeping your computer safe is to do a clean install of your OS every year. Doing this will ensure that all bugs are removed from your system. Once you do this, grab a high quality antivirus program and you will be all set. Remember to always keep important files backed up, so if you need to reinstall again you will be prepared (in case certain files are inaccessible or corrupted due to virus).