How to make your computer safer?

[fireput]

How to make your computer safer especially Windows - use restricted account or drop your rights. Its important to create restricted user accounts even though you are an experienced user as it give added security to the operating system, basically it cuts off a vast majority of malware, and prevent them to do any harm. Alternatively, you can choose to run certain critical applications (such as network-enabled application like browser, FTP, email & P2P clients etc) with restricted rights, while being on an administrator account. How? Just deploy the DropMyRights tool designed by Michael Howard, a Microsoft employee. Its basically a free program that greatly increases the security of Windows by running selected programs in a restricted environment (i.e. with lower rights) even when logged on to Windows as an Administrator. You can download the tool here or at Microsoft. Do check out the other methods that restrict program rights at Firewallleaktester or here.


Links:

• CNET’s commentary on DropMyRights tool
• Michael Howard weblogs on DropMyRights
• Shell Extension for DropMyRights
• Hofi’s HShellExtPack Download
• Hofi’s Mirror
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/runasadmin/
• MakeMeAdmin — temporary admin for your Limited User account
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/runasadmin/
• SuperiorSU utility

 

[manzoor]

Thanks for the program. I will be surely trying it out but later.

And the links are also helpful

 

[GamingX]

Nice package, thanks for the links, I'll look up on them.....
Edit:
Nice package, Thanks for the links....I'll look up on them