Secure Windows Vista (the hard way)
There are 2 roads you could take to secure your beloved Vista. You could download the shiny “Secure anti-malware + anti-spyware + anti-virus + firewall + virtual sex partner” program, and feel “secure” 
or..
you could follow this guide. And download the Windows Vista Security Configuration gude, written by the security community in collaboration with Microsoft(tm), and BE secure.
Get it here (as in here), at MS or at NSA
You will need at least basic system administration knowledge to apply it, and.. don’t forget to make a backup of your system *before* you apply it. More…