> Avoid dodgy websites where possible, and especially avoid clicking on
> any area at all, even the close window corner, of any aggressive pop-up
> window. These pop-ups can exploit backdoors to modify your computer.
>
> If you are using Windows, and it's XP, upgrade ASAP to Windows 7. Vista
> has the same security features, but it can be hard to install, and the
> Vista GUI doesn't work as smoothly as 7's.
A good combo with *any* platform would be mozilla firefox with the noscript extension, which allows control over *all* active content.
Having your mail app default to text instead of html also reduces the risk of inadvertently clicking on any dodgy links in mail.
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Cheers,
Henk
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