Abstract 0
Introduction 1
New Security Challenges 1
A More Secure System 2
Easier Maintenance 3
Implications of the Improvements 4
Network protection 5
Windows Firewall 5
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) 7
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) 7
Alerter and Messenger services 8
Memory protection 9
Execution Protection (NX) 9
Sandboxing 9
Safer message handling 10
Attachment Execution Service (AES) 10
AES in Outlook Express and Windows Messenger 11
HTML content blocking in Outlook Express 11
More secure browsing 13
Improved computer maintenance 15
Windows Update 5 15
Windows Installer 3 15
Security Center 16
Summary 17
Glossary 18