Jan. 15, 2002: in an e-mail to Microsoft employees Chairman Bill Gates announces a "Trustworthy Computing" initiative and declares: "Our products should emphasize security right out ot the box." Number ot security fixes for Windows XP since then? One hundred. When it comes to security, you can trust Microsoft to reveal three serious flaws in its operating system every month. Now it's getting into the antivirus and anti-spyware businesses its gaffes single-handedly created. Great. So much malware is directed at Windows that an unprotected PC directly connected to the Net will crash within ten minutes. But you can defend yourself. Here's a ten-point plan.
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