I'm about to order the new HP 8440w business laptop (personal business not corporate business use).
Here is my strategy for keeping my laptop secure (physical security excluded)
Please suggest improvements or additional issues or settings I should consider
HP protect tools with fingerprint reader login authorization & disk encryption
Automatic Windows updates
Avast Antivirus (Notebookreview top pick)
Spamfighter (it's been great with my old machine)
Windows Defender (for spyware)
Windows 7 built in firewall
I've read that this is sufficient for protection at a WIFI hotspot
Foxit PDF reader (with Java disabled)
known to be safer than Acrobat
Sticking just with Firefox browser (avoiding IE and Google Chrome)
Carbonite online backup for data protection
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Just make sure you use noscript with Firefox. Other than that, looks *very* secure. You're being a lot more careful than me, all I use is MSE.
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Create a full system image with periodic updates as well. Have an external hard drive dedicated to backing up your images and other important data. Then if you ever fear a virus you can just revert to your previous image and be pretty sure you're safe with no hassle whatsoever.
Sandboxie is a neat program. Do all your web browsing within the sandbox and you'll reduce your chances of getting malware. -
Good strategy OP. I've switched from Avast and Avira to MSE and haven't looked back. It's awesome and it's free as well.
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Looks like you've got it down. Sounds complicated though.
I simply have NIS 2010 installed, make sure all updates are installed (Windows and Norton), and do periodic back-ups of all my data. -
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Opinions on my Windows-7 security strategy
Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by techman41973, Feb 16, 2010.