I would add:
- SpyBot S & D (in conjunction w/Ad Aware)
http://tinyurl.com/8tyqo or goto cnet.com or download.com and search for SpyBot (it's free)
- A "real" firewall
Get a hardware version from Linksys (
www.linksys.com)
Why?
Because "Your firewall sucks" ~
http://tooleaky.zensoft.com/ AVG is a good product.
I think last month's Consumer Reports had a whole study devoted to online security.
The tip about using a browser NOT prepackaged is excellant. Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, Opera..etc are far better choices than MSIE.
You can find information on this at cnet.com or at download.com (cnet owns download.com)
[This message has been edited by Celtic (edited 10-01-2006).]
