Windows Security

Windows has taken quite a bit of heat regarding network security. But how much blame should be placed on its customers?

A more recent TV for Apple portrays the Windows operating system as a man plagued by viruses and other problems. They are not the only ones who portray Windows in a negative light. Read up on some of the more technical blogs and you will find a host of postings blasting Windows approach to security.

Trus, networks running Windows are much more prone to have issues from patch Tuesdays to Blue Screens of Death, however much of the security related issues can be resolved for home networks by simply taking a few minutes to protect your computers.

When people first bring a new computer into the home, most are so anxious to get on the Internet that they don't realize what they are doing is connecting to the most unsecured computer network in the world. In response to this, Microsoft has turned on the firewall feature on every computer since its release of Service Pack 2. But what of the millions of computers that are running XP without SP2?

For them, my most recent article [a href="http://computernetworking.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_windows_xp_firewall">The Windows Firewall may offer a bit of help. Here, I walk the user through the steps necessary to turn on the Windows firewall and better secure their computers.