Securing Your Windows XP Home Computer

Most people are aware that there are continuous security issues with Microsoft’s Windows OS and other programs. However, what most people don’t realize is how easy it is to significantly improve your computer security and reduce the likelihood of becoming a victim to ever increasingly sophisticated threats that lurk on the Internet. These steps Securing Your Windows XP Home Computer should take less than a few hours to complete and shouldn’t clear out your wallet.

Kaspersky Internet Security

Internet Security 2010 has shown a high level of protection in tests by leading laboratories in Germany, AV-Test, as part of their Real World experiment. Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 was tested with the daily conditions using the latest malware that according to the methodology developed specifically by AV-Test for the purpose of this test. This test includes 12 Internet security solutions from a variety of popular different providers. Each solution tested against about 10 malware ‘zero-day’ new every 24 hours, (malware that had just appeared on the Internet), more than 60 days test period. Complete device from malicious software used in this test sample consisted of 600 active, including the exploits and malware that is distributed via email.