{"id":2049,"date":"2010-11-30T07:03:31","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T15:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2010-11-30T07:05:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T15:05:12","slug":"antivirus-software-yeah-sure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/antivirus-software-yeah-sure\/","title":{"rendered":"Antivirus Software? Yeah, Sure."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>If you want your Windows PC to be secure, here are the essential steps.<\/p>\n<p>1. Use a modern operating system. Sorry, folks\u2014Windows XP simply isn\u2019t secure enough for ordinary people to use today.<\/p>\n<p>2. Keep your OS up to date and backed up. Turn on Windows Update and make sure it\u2019s running properly.<\/p>\n<p>3. Keep applications updated also. Remove unwanted programs that could represent a security threat.<\/p>\n<p>4. Be suspicious of any new software. If you\u2019re not sure a program is safe, don\u2019t install it.<\/p>\n<p>5. Set up standard non-administrator accounts for unsophisticated users. With a standard account a user needs to talk to you and convince you to enter the administrator\u2019s password before installing any new software.<\/p>\n<p>6. Use a modern browser. If you\u2019re still using Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6, stop it.<\/p>\n<p>7. Install an antivirus program and keep it up to date. I recommend the free Microsoft Security Essentials, which is available for download or as an optional update on systems where Windows does not detect an antivirus program.<\/p>\n<p>And one final word: Don\u2019t be paranoid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article (<a href='http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/bott\/do-you-really-need-antivirus-software\/2685?pg=2'>Do you really need antivirus software?<\/a>) is more substantial than what I&#8217;ve quoted above. That said, it&#8217;s not long and well worth your reading time.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want your Windows PC to be secure, here are the essential steps. 1. Use a modern operating system. Sorry, folks\u2014Windows XP simply isn\u2019t secure enough for ordinary people to use today. 2. Keep your OS up to date and backed up. Turn on Windows Update and make sure it\u2019s running properly. 3. Keep &#8230; <a title=\"Antivirus Software? Yeah, Sure.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/antivirus-software-yeah-sure\/\" aria-label=\"More on Antivirus Software? Yeah, Sure.\">Read more<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,20],"tags":[424],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-stuff","category-youve-been-warned","tag-security"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prJUJ-x3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}