How secure is Windows Vista?

thepharcyde

thepharcyde

thepharcyde

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Just a general consensus, I have a HTPC, which has firewall mcafee etc to secure the pc from outside influences.

I have just aquired a Acer laptop, I have setup on my new wireless network.

Question being other, than a Virus checker, I have not installed any auxillary software bar what the router has to offer.

I access my bank account online, and am just curious as to how safe Vista is etc, I have somewhat doubts on wireless data being transmitted around my house with potential risk of someone picking anything up.

Thoughts?
 
Energize said:
If someone breaks into your router they can intercept any data sent to and from your pc, the os doesn't come into it. Also a firewall won't protect you from wifi connections as they are layer 2 and a firewall runs at layer 3.
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unsafe to view bank account on laptop then? PC is connected to the router which also has the modem via ethernet cable. Is this more secure?
 
Energize said:
It's not a problem because the data will be encrypted so it would need to be brute forced for someone to access it. But for normal unencrypted data they could intercept anything if they had access to the router regardless of how the pc is connected to it. Also if someone did access your home network its possible for them to use a trojan to collect the bank account information.
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You are good promoting a loop holed system. Do you have any suggestions as to protecting myself. Mcafee installed on my server (htpc) which has all the Mcafee software installed should detect trojans keyloggers etc?
 
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