Windows 7 Security Tips

Windows 7 is supposed to the most secure version of Windows yet.
Windows7 Operating System software is built on top of Windows Vista base code and hence it offers much of the same level of security that Windows Vista offered. However, Windows 7 has added some more new features to operating system security and streamlined the user account control.

The default user account that is created during the installation in Windows 7 is a protected administrator that would only be prompted when programs try to make changes to the system’s configuration or when the user modifies the operating system settings and the User Account Control does not raise any flag.

This setting is apparently very comfortable for the user, particularly in terms of usability, because the Operating System is not incessantly bothering the user with a popup window and requesting several clicks in order to permit a program execution.

Still, it already been shown that the default value can easily change into an undesired security problem that could easily permit the self elevation of malware to full administrative privileges and run malicious code with no trouble at all. In order to safeguard your data and protect your system and prevent random codes from being executed, you should modify the default value of the User Account Control (UAC).

AutoPlay and/or AutoRun is one of the most, if not the most prolific tools for spreading e threats, including viruses and Trojans and depends on the exploitation of a rather simple yet very effective feature of the Windows 7 operating system.

AutoRun and/or AutoPlay permits the initiation or execution of numerous actions, such as to launch particular software or play the video and/or audio content in the correct player, namely a setup routine when DVDs or CDs are inserted and the USB sticks and flash drives or portable HDDs are plugged in or inserted.

This innocent behavior can be hijacked for malicious purposes, via the corruption of the files that actually store the information required by the operating system to perform a suite of actions or read the media content.

Therefore, instead of just opening the initial panel for setting up an application, such as playing a movie that is stored on a DVD or reading a Word document, the user could actually involuntarily trigger a piece of concealed malware.

The malware then steals his or her sensitive data, such as recorded key strokes, address book entries, passwords, and usernames and either opens the door to even more unwanted e threats or, worse yet, sends the details about the users on line transactions, such as credit card numbers.

To protect your system and data and to prevent malware infections, disable the AutoRun and/or AutoPlay feature.

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