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Blair Briggs
I’M BLAIR BRIGGS, THE EDITOR AND FOUNDER of GEEKSTOGO.COM
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What's best route to secure remote access?
If not, I would recommend the VPN.
How to keep systems secured and protected from threats delivered such as drive-by downloads
Since you mention Windows 7 and sandboxing, it got me thinking about Windows XP mode. I'm guessing we'll see some creative uses of this integrated virtual machine to prevent browsers from infecting the host OS.
Antivirus vendors are promoting the cloud as a means to offer "real-time" definition updates. While it may increase their detection rates slightly, I don't see this as a game changer. I have seen DNS filtering, such as offered by OpenDNS be surprisingly simple and effective.