10 Fast and Free Security Enhancements

Before you spend a time on security ,there are many precautions you can take that will protect you against the most common threats

1.Check the windows update and office update regularly
2.Install a person firewall.Both Sygate and ZoneAlarm offer free versions
3.Install a free spyware blocker.Spybot is a paranoid and it traces the cookies like a hunter
4.Block pop-up messages in windows-NT as well as in Windows XP by restricting the windows message service
5.Use strengthy passwords and make a change in that periodically.It should have atleast 7 characters use letters and numbers and a symbol is mandatory
6.If you are an user of Outlook or Outlook express use the current version or with the outlook security updated installed.
7.Get an antivirus software and keep it up to date.If you're not wishing to buy a antivirus then download it
8.If you have a wireless network, turn on the security features; Use MAC Filtering ,turn off SSID broadcast,and  always go the WPS/WPS2 security for the Wi-Fi
9.Join a respectable e-mail security list
10.Be skeptical of things on the Internet, Hackers are the one who can destroy your system using Trojans.