 |  | Volume 6, Number 12  December 8, 2009 | | | Welcome to Security for Home Computer Users, a monthly newsletter bringing security news, guidance, updates, and community resources directly to your inbox. If you would like to receive more technical security information, please subscribe to the Microsoft Security Newsletter. | | | Welcome to your new PC! If you're buying a new PC for the holidays - or if you already bought one to take advantage of the new Windows 7 operating system - here's what you should do to welcome your new PC into the world and say goodbye to your old one. |
| | Microsoft security news | | Straight from the Windows Internet Explorer team at Microsoft, here are eight ways for you to have a safer online shopping experience. |
Security updates Security updates for December 8, 2009 The bulletin for December includes six security updates: four for the Windows operating system, one for Internet Explorer, and one for Microsoft Office Project.
Protect your computer | | If you download Microsoft Security Essentials to help protect your computer against malicious software, do you still need Windows Defender? Get the facts. | | | If you suspect your PC has a virus or other malicious software, download the free Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to find and remove it. |
Protect yourself and your family | | From creating strong passwords to thinking before you click an attachment or links in e-mail or instant messages, these seven tips will help keep you safer online. | | | Rogue security software sites can appear as top results in popular searches - a cybercrime known as search engine spamming, or "spamdexing." Learn more. | | | Visit our Consumer Security Support Center for information on scanning, detecting, and removing viruses and spyware, security updates, online fraud, and more. |
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