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We believe strongly that your computer and the resources you pay for (such as your internet connection and email) belong to you! Unfortunately, there are many dishonest people out there that have different ideas and will try to hijack your system for their own criminal gain.

In this brand new section of the Kingsley-Hughes.com website we will be covering all things relating to Microsoft Windows security, looking at how you can make it safer and more secure and the steps you need to take to protect yourself (and your kids) from hackers, scammers, viruses, identity thieves, and other Internet nasties.

Personally, we'd love to be able show everyone the steps they can take to make their systems secure. We are great believers in getting folks to take charge of their own systems so we will show YOU how you can do it YOURSELF!

Rise of the fake security applications

Fake antivirus or antispyware is becoming a popular way for scammers to make some extra cash. It's actually quite a simple scam for them to pull off. We show how it works and how to avoid it!

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Low-Rights in Internet Explorer 7

One of the most compelling reasons to upgrade to Windows Vista (at least from a technical/security standpoint) will be the Low-Rights feature for Internet Explorer 7.

So, what is "Low-Rights"? Low-Rights is a modification to the security infrastructure of Windows Vista that gives Internet Explorer enough security privileges to browse the web but not enough to make critical system changes such as install applications, copy files to startup folder, modify the registry or hijack the browser’s homepage, tricks that are exploited by malicious code and websites to cause damage or to steal information. So, to put it simply, the goal of Low Rights in Internet Explorer 7 on Vista is to restrict the impact of any security vulnerabilities the browser might have because Vista will shield the user from changes. Read on ...

Viewing images in email can get you more spam

Yes, this is true, it's not just responding to emails, using unsubscribe links, automatic processing of delivery and read receipts and having blanket autoresponders, such as the ever popular "I'm out of the office until ..." sort of thing. (While I'm on that, have you ever stopped to think of that as a security risk? You're away - meeting or holiday - and you set one of those up broadcasting to anyone that sends you an email (coworkers, "friends", junksters, the ex ...) that you're away and that there's a good chance that your home is unattended ... think about it). Images in emails can do the exact same thing.

How's it work?Read on ...