ComputerWorld - Defensive Computing: Are you competent to run Windows safely?

August 14, 2009
by Michael Horowitz

I recently wrote about defending a Windows computer from the Clampi Trojan. Much of the advice, like disabling autorun, was pretty standard stuff. But, taken as a whole, it's a very long list of tasks and a huge undertaking.

Windows can be made secure, but the time, effort and required technical experience is beyond many. It could well be that most Windows users are not capable of maintaining a secure system.

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