<p>As we told you last week, Microsoft is ready to enable 2 step verification for all of its services accessible via "Microsoft account", as outlined in a new blog post on the Official Microsoft Blog.</p><p>We gave you many of the details of the new process in our post last week, including the use of an "Authenticator app", and that the process will not currently work with "linked accounts" that is, accounts that you have set up to be able to access under one single Microsoft account login. And in a somewhat related post, also on the Microsoft Official blog, Tim Rains, Director of Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft posted this morning on a new research report showing that 24% of PCs are unprotected by antivirus software, and they are 5.5 times more likely to be infected by viruses.</p><p>To get started using 2 step verification when it goes live for you within the next few days, log in https://account.live.com/proofs/Manage:</p><p>Over the next couple days we will roll out a major upgrade to Microsoft account, including optional two-step verification to help keep your account more secure.</p><p><a href="http://www.liveside.net/2013/04/17/microsoft-enables-2-step-verification-for-all-services-accessible-via-microsoft-account/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/04/17/microsoft-two-step-verification/">Microsoft Adds Two-Step Verification for Microsoft Accounts - Mashable</a> (Mashable)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dVRQgbLQcEO7RCMGzlRDU_KTIdJ-M&ned=us">17 additional articles.</a></p>