The Apple Ipad sure has been a hit among the masses and the proof of that is with the number of ipads disappearing from the shelves in many shops. According to information, the company sold around three thousand ipads on the very first day itself. Now that gives you idea on how popular this device is turning out to be.

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It has some exciting features like it just weighs 1.5 pounds, operates quite fast, has many applications, and most importantly it has an extraordinary battery which can run for ten hours on a single charge. You can go on and on about this device, but in spite of this device having all of the above, there are some serious ipad security issues which you need to be aware of.

How to Protect Your Ipad

If you go through articles in the PC world or other computer related magazines on the internet, you can get an in depth information on the security flaws of the ipad. However I have summed up few and you can benefit from reading this article. Did you know that your handset’s operating system can be corrupted when you run unauthorized software? The reason for that is it increases the risk of downloading malicious applications in the future.

The software I’m referring here is Frash, even though the software company is encouraging users to use their software, security analysts are warning against use of this software. It allows your device to be run third party applications which have not been sanctioned by Apple. That does sound disturbing as it can increase the chance of your ipad getting infected with malware.

The problem here why many users are using this software is, Frash makes your ipad or iphone more attractive when you want to surf for extra web sites. But your device can be easily broken into once you install the software allowing the loading of applications from any source.

The iPad, which usually runs OS 3.2 has the same firmware updates provided in Version 3.1.3, but in spite of all this your data is vulnerable for getting hacked. So think wisely and don’t install software on your ipad which is unauthorized.

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Since Vista’s release last year, Microsoft has hailed the operating system’s security features. Some have even claimed the operating systems would make anti-virus software obsolete.

PC Tools took that opportunity to examine Microsoft’s claims, and conducted research over six months with 1.5 million of its customers using its ThreatFire Anti-Virus Software.

If a threat occurred on the machines, it was sent to a back-end service of PC Tools, which was then ran through a third party anti-virus company to check the validity of the threat.

The research found that while Vista had improved upon XP’s ratio of 1,021 per 1,000 machines, there were still 639 threats per 1,000 machines running Vista.

Strangely enough, some of Vista’s biggest security problems may actually stem from features that were supposed to increase security.

“Macs and Vista have similar security prompts that pop up when you install software,” said PC Tools CEO Simon Clausen.

“On Macs, those prompts come up a lot less often, usually for really big procedures, but on Vista, they come up a lot more frequently.”

“I think after a while, Vista users just get tired and become blasé about their security, and either ignore the prompts or turn them off- people don’t want to have to be a security guard for their PC.”

Clausen stressed that although Vista boasted somewhat of a security improvement over XP, there were less threats to Vista as it has a smaller distribution base.

source:http://www.itnews.com.au/News/75846,research-suggests-microsoft-overestimated-vista-security.aspx