Understand that you will not get a virus from your own PC.
Also understand that email and surfing (anything using your browser or an email client such as Yahoo mail, gmail, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc) are "online" programs. You are online using email even without your browser being open.
Keep your browser current as possible. There are improvements everyday with most browsers. Some fuss about Firefox and their 6 week release schedule but it is for the benefit of the user. They apply security patches constantly.
Understand what a virus is and is not. Read the first 3 bullets here:
http://gotnarcosis.com/brucewittmeier/technical/VirusMalwareAdwarePrograms.htmlSidenote:
sharker6 wrote:
Viruses & malware is spread by toilet seats in campground shower houses
Not so. We saw a movie in High School 1966 and they said you are more likely to get hit with a meteoroid than get a virus from a toilet seat...unless you go out with Betty. She was the star of the movie. :)
