Words to surf by. Not so easy to follow for many, but still, very wise words.hawleyjr wrote:My anti-virus solution:
1. http://www.getfirefox.com
2. Zone Alarm Pro
3. Don't surf for p0rn
As a precaution, for my brother, when he got his machine back from the shop, I unsinstalled IE and installed FF. Installed a few virus checkers and registry scanners. He hasn't had a problem yet.
On a side note, I completely obliterated my Win2K set up once. I visitied a site I tought was about development. Apparently it had gotten hacked and I was stung with a site that immediately loads software onto your computer. I tried to close IE, tried to Ctrl-Alt-Del and get to Task Manager, but to no avail. The thing sort of locks up your system while it downloads. Since the download didn't complete, my entire system was fragged beyond repair.
You gotta love a clean install of your OS after a HD format.