CIO: Windows 7 Security: 5 Simple Ways to Stay Safer

Are you taking advantage of all the built-in security protection in Windows 7? Here's a quick guide to strengthening your PC's security.

By Shane O'Neill
February 14, 2011

Is your Windows 7 PC as secure as it could be?

It's often too easy for you busy laptop warriors to assume your Windows PCs are safe. A computer virus? That's not going to happen to me ... until it does.

So in addition to running a full antivirus software suite, either free and good enough (Avast, Microsoft Security Essentials) or paid and Teflon strong (Symantec Norton, Kaspersky), you should also take advantage of Windows 7's built-in security settings and updates.

These five simple security features in Windows 7 help keep the bad guys at bay.

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