Tightening Windows security with Microsoft's EMET utility

Summary: Microsoft's Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is a simple but powerful configuration utility that allows you to harden applications that weren't originally designed to take advantage of Windows security features. Here's how it works.

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Most zero-day threats attack commonly used Internet-facing applications, such as Internet Explorer add-ons, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Apple QuickTime, and so on. EMET let you tighten security on these individual programs.

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Topics: Microsoft, Security, Windows

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