“Protect Your PC in 2006” is the latest effort in Microsoft’s ongoing campaign to help reduce online threats through increased consumer awareness and education. The broad range of educational resources, software and services that Microsoft offers at www.microsoft.com/athome/security has become one of the Internet’s largest repositories of computing and online security and safety guidance.

The company will encourage consumers to “Protect Your PC in 2006” by maintaining a quick, four-step routine designed to increase the number of people who protect their computers with the most current defenses. A recent study by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) found that less than a third of PC consumers are not consistently protected today.

For more information, read this Q&A with Amy Roberts, Director of  product management for Microsoft’s Security Technology Unit (STU)