?trusting random websites, software, or e-mails anymore, and my anti-virus software is up to date. Now what?"Well, now that we have discussed what you can do to keep your computer free of nasty bugs, let's cover some free ways that your computer can protect itself. Put the two together, and the chances of your PC getting infected are even slimmer.Step One: Don't Use Internet ExplorerThis may end up causing me quite a bit of backlash from fans of IE, but it's hard to argue with the results that I have seen: get, and use a different Web browser, and stop using Internet Explorer completely. I have used Internet Explorer for exactly two things: getting a different browser, and for work, where one of the sites we use is only compatible with IE. And I don't even do number two anymore, because updates have made my new browser compatible with our Web apps at work.If you're wondering which browser I am talking about, and where you can get it at, wonder no more: it's called Mozilla Firefox, and is available from http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ (if this address isn't clickable as a link, copy and paste it into a new browser window.)What are some of the benefits of Firefox? It's updated very frequently, to protect you from anything that might allow malware onto your PC. It's open source software; that means that, if you really wanted to, you could review the source code (the stuff that the program is made out of) and be able to determine EVERYTHING it does on your PC. And even if you don't want to, tons of very geeky people are doing this constantly.Preventing Viruses, Spyware, and Malware: Part II
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