Windows Vista™ Plain & Simple

Maintaining High Security

Microsoft Windows Vista itself provides your computer with many built-in security features. However, as powerful as they are, by themselves these security features can’t protect you from every type of mischief that can occur. You need to be active in protecting your computer, your data, and your personal information.

Doing Your Part

Here are some things you can do to improve your security:

• Log on using a Standard account instead of an Administrator account, and use the User Account Control to run individual items as an Administrator when required.

• Make sure you have a good, up-to-date anti-virus program installed. This will add protection against viruses and worms that have figured out ways around some of the security features. ...