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Windows Secrets Newsletter
• Issue 236 • 2010-03-18
• Circulation: over 400,000

The following link includes all articles this week: http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/100318

Free content posted on March 18, 2010 edition:

TOP STORY
By Robert Vamosi
New security tools help protect your PC
New top choice for router-based firewall
Security suites provide adequate protection
Sources for managing Windows and application patches
Finding the latest on browser vulnerabilities

LOUNGE LIFE
By Tracey Capen
The wisdom of running under Windows admin mode
Interesting questions raised in the Lounge

WACKY WEB WEEK
By Stephanie Small
Snoring canine companion rattles the windows

You get all of the following in our paid content:

LANGALIST PLUS
By Fred Langa
Windows 7 won't eliminate XP coverage
No Windows XP content in this newsletter?
Problems 'pinning' items to the Win7 Taskbar
Reader suggests a handy app for FLAC decoding
Adding wallpaper to Win7 Starter Edition
Choosing between 32- or 64-bit Windows

WOODY'S WINDOWS
By Woody Leonhard
New names, new threats from fake security apps
Rogue anti-malware — many names, many disguises
New and improved scareware: Internet Security 2010
If it looks suspicious, it's probably a rogue
Money drives the bogus protection come-on

PERIMETER SCAN
By Ryan Russell
Tools for safely removing rogue anti-malware
Scareware installs fake antivirus tools
Current favorite scareware removal tools
More resources for removing rogue anti-malware

My note: To subscribe to the PAID version all you need to do is make a donation of whatever amount you deem worthwhile. No Minimum, no maximum. I recommend going to the above link and in the Free edition checking out the TOP STORY, by Robert Vamosi
-New security tools help protect your PC
-New top choice for router-based firewall
-Security suites provide adequate protection
-Sources for managing Windows and application patches
-Finding the latest on browser vulnerabilities

A quote for you.

Well worth reading, IMO.

Bazza

 

Bookmarked it. Thanks looks like a good site. However, I have deemed it Martini season, and am off to casually cruise some forums, and get ready for going to the indoor firing range Sunday.. :-D:guns