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Security Toolbox for Windows

How to Make Your Windows System Safe and Untouchable Using Free Tools

Despite all of the protection steps taken by Microsoft and the Internet companies, online crime continues to rise. Even compared with 2012, Internet crime has increased dramatically by 77%, according to European criminal investigators. And the tricks the hackers are using are getting nastier all the time. Without realising, you are diverted to a fake website controlled by hackers that is designed to look exactly like the real website you are trying to access. There are worms and Trojans lurking all over the Internet, in email attachments and on websites, just waiting to creep into your system.

That’s why you need to protect your system with the Windows Security Toolbox.

Thanks to these free tools, you can surf the Internet free from danger, and read your emails without having to worry. In this article, I’ll show you the tools you need from our great Windows Security Toolbox, and how to successfully install and use them.

Category: Internet & Security
Issue: 2013 Issue 10 November/December
Operating Systems: XP, Vista, 7, 8
Article Reference: S481