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What about security in Vista?

Windows Vista will deliver many new and improved security features.

Some of these are: -

(UAC, previously called both User Account Protection or UAP and Limited User Account to LUA). This gives users only the privileges they need to perform their tasks.
 * User Account Control:**

Thismonitors critical Windows services for abnormal activity in the file system, registry and network that could be used to allow malware to persist on a machine or propagate to other machines.
 * Windows Service Hardening:**

This new Web browserin Windows Vista includes many features to help protect against malicious Web sites and malware and it includes protection against phishing and spoofing attacks.
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 7:**

Windows Vista has Network Access Protection to help prevent security-compromised computers from connecting to a user's internal network until security criteria (such as the latest updates, security configuration settings or virus signatures downloaded) are met.
 * Network Access Protection:**

Windows Vista provides outgoing, as well as, incoming filtering, which can be centrally managed via the Group Policy. This lets administrators control which applications are allowed to communicate, or are blocked from communicating on the network
 * Firewall:**