Chapter 4: Top Security Helpers
In This Chapter
Deciding whether to pay for BitLocker
Keeping on top of all those passwords
Watching your programs for updates
Blocking Java and Flash in your browser
The ultimate antiscumware scan
In Chapter 3 of this minibook, I talk about built-in Windows programs that are available to every Windows 8 owner. In this chapter, I cast the web out a bit further, to include one Microsoft encryption program you have to pay for — BitLocker for Windows 8 Pro — and a handful of free-for-personal use programs that belong on every Windows 8 user’s desktop.
Windows covers a lot of security bases, but it doesn’t touch them all.
Two very good programs will store all your passwords, and automatically fill in the username/password prompts at the websites you visit. One of them, LastPass, is based in the cloud, which means you can get at it even when you’re on a dive ...
