Windows users, security is Now!!
Jun. 30th, 2004 12:19 pmWhy Windows users may be inadvertently enabling LJ's problems.
If you are a Windows user, do as the man says -- install Spybot Search & Destroy, AdAware, ZoneAlarm, etc. And try to use Firefox instead of IE when you can.
I know people have been repeating this warning ad nauseum in every security forum on the planet for the last zillion months, but it bears repeating simply because a lot of people aren't really hooked into security awareness.
And OS X users, you don't get off scott free either. Be sure to turn on your Firewall (System Prefs->Sharing->Firewall tab).
People using any OS (OS X, Linux, Windows) should also install an Anti-Virus program.
If you are a Windows user, do as the man says -- install Spybot Search & Destroy, AdAware, ZoneAlarm, etc. And try to use Firefox instead of IE when you can.
I know people have been repeating this warning ad nauseum in every security forum on the planet for the last zillion months, but it bears repeating simply because a lot of people aren't really hooked into security awareness.
And OS X users, you don't get off scott free either. Be sure to turn on your Firewall (System Prefs->Sharing->Firewall tab).
People using any OS (OS X, Linux, Windows) should also install an Anti-Virus program.