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Microsoft has now released their free anti-virus/malware program called Microsoft Security Essentials. It's designed as a totally free and always free anti-virus/malware which will require no subscriptions, no renewals, no popups, low resource usage and will automatically update through the Windows Update service which I hope everyone has switched on by now! If you're currently using a free anti-virus then I'd recommend switching, you can literally install and forget about it. If you're using a paid alternative and you feel comfortable about that, then keep continuing with it, but if you're unsure about whether to pay for next year's subscription or Norton's bloating out your PC - then grab this.

With news of Conficker appearing again nearly 11 months after it first arose I thought it might be time to write a more detailed article on how to protect yourself. Regular visitors may have read my article Computer Security: Something You Don't Want to Ignore! which detailed some important points relating to computer security, but this article will focus more on a few specific things that are available (or will be available very shortly) to help you keep secure. Keeping yourself secure online is your duty to everyone - it's like getting vaccinated for diseases, if everyone is vaccinated - then the disease has an extremely hard time infecting you.

One of the biggest things I've been looking at recently is computer security. I very commonly have to deal with problems from people who don't secure their computers properly. The reason they don't secure their computers is simply - it's just too damm hard! Microsoft has made it as easy they can to secure your system and maintain usability at the same time, but with the internet, whenever something is fixed, there is soon away to get around that fix again, which is why it is REALLY IMPORTANT to keep on top of it. Patching and security software is only 1/2 of the equation though - your actions are the other 1/2 of the equation. This article will teach you about computer security and hopefully prevent you from ever becoming compromised by the bad guys.

Have you ever had trouble running a program on Windows XP after upgrading to a newer service pack or patch or even running programs on Vista that used to work fine on XP. Then here is your solution.