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One of the easiest ways to avoid many common problems is to stop using Microsoft software.
Microsoft has become a target because its software is so ubiquitous. The vast majority of viruses, browser vulnerabilities and exploits are aimed at Microsoft software and if you stop using them you would avoid many of them.
Basic security steps
Use anti-virus software and keep it up to date
Regularly patch programs
Keep separate e-mail addresses
Use a firewall
Be wary of unsolicited e-mail
Don't open all e-mail attachments
Don't reply to spam e-mails
The ultimate step would be to use a Mac or install Linux on your PC, though migrating to open source software can be a bit challenging for many people.
Almost as good would be to stop using Microsoft programs to read your e-mail, browse the web or run a web server.
There are plenty of alternatives to Internet Explorer, Outlook and Microsoft's Internet Information Server that work just as well.
Many are free and can be downloaded via the web or found on the cover disks that adorn many computer magazines.
Slam after slam after slam! Microsoft doesn't get a breath before the next left hook comes crashing down!
Good journalism i agree!
however, wasn't it the BBC that was going on about how they were going to run windowsCE on every PDA in the company since it would be more "secure" to have all the same OS on all the different machines? remember that one? (i think it was at the end of last year...)
