Chapter 6. Security Enhancements in Windows Vista
IN THIS CHAPTER
• Control Panel’s Security Settings
• New Security Center Features
• Windows Firewall: Bidirectional Protection
• Thwarting Spyware with Windows Defender
• New Internet Explorer 7 Security Features
• User Account Control: Smarter User Privileges
• Thwarting Spam with Windows Mail’s Junk Filter
As the Internet became more popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Microsoft’s operating systems seemed to become less secure. It’s difficult to say whether overall OS security got worse with each new release, but it’s not hard to see that a perfect security storm was brewing:
• Thanks to the Internet, news of vulnerabilities spread quickly and efficiently. ...
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