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Lock Down Your PC

Hackers. Spammers. Even rogue coworkers and employees. How can you keep the bad guys out and the good data in? Safeguard your system's perimeter with these 29 beyond-the-basics security steps.

Scott Spanbauer

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We often hear that other operating systems are more secure than Windows, but all three major OSs offer at least basic security out of the box. Nevertheless, Windows XP's popularity is its Achilles' heel: Malicious code writers virtually ignore Linux and Mac OS X, targeting their malware at Windows.

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