Laptop security
From the Woody’s Windows section of the Windows Secrets newsletter comes excellent advice about securing your laptop when you’re on the road using wireless.
Turn OFF File and Print sharing. His was accidentally on and thus he got attacked by hordes of viruses.
I yanked the cable out of the LAN jack, then went spelunking through Windows for the setting that keeps creeps from putting files in my Shared Docs folder. To find it, click Start, Control Panel, Security Center. At the bottom, click Windows Firewall. When the firewall dialog box comes up, click the Exceptions tab, then remove the check mark next to “File and Printer Sharing.” Click OK, then “X” out of the Security Center. Nice and intuitive.
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