Security-what services to turn off?

Posted by JohnP 06/03/2008 at 08:52

You hear all the time that to be secure on your PC or server, you need to disable unused services. A few of us have done this, but even for the most experienced person, knowing what each service does isn’t easy.

What are we all to do?

How do you explain to a non-technical person what they need to do?

This guy at BlackViper.com is a trusted source of this type of information. At a minimum, turn off MS-Messenger if you don’t use Microsoft Live. You know, that icon that nags you to login using your old passport login.

BTW, I’ve NEVER had an MS passport login. It hasn’t always been easy since they NAG, but it was worth it to me.

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