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Saturday, March 15th, 2008One Windows user discusses the crazy time he had of trying to update his system.
Link to: http://www.techuser.net/winsecurity.html
Home Users Security Checklist for Windows
Saturday, March 15th, 2008Scott Granneman from Security Focus provides a checklist for Windows users to assist with ensuring a more secure system.
Link to: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/220
TAO General Security For Activists
Saturday, March 15th, 2008TAO is an umbrella group of “activist” organizations – nevertheless, they’ve got some information on general security aimed at activists that aren’t that computer literate.
Link to: http://security.resist.ca/personal/
CERT Advisories
Saturday, March 15th, 2008The Computer Emergency Response Team does an excellent job of issuing a wide range of advisories relating to computer security, viruses, trojans and vulnerabilities.
Link to: http://www.cert.org/advisories/
Microsoft Security Updates
Saturday, March 15th, 2008Microsoft tries to keep up to date with their known vulnerabilities, here.
Link to: http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.mspx
New York University IT
Saturday, March 15th, 2008New York University’s Information Technology Services’ “Top Ten” guidelines for secure computing. Mostly aimed at Windows and Mac users.
Link to: http://www.nyu.edu/its/security/guidelines.html