1. Stay away from non-standard search engines... trust google.com and yahoo.com, all else - be wary!

2. Do not download unknown files to your computer - whether sent via an email stranger or a pop-up asking permission to download... "Just Say NO"

3. If you borrow someone's floppy disk or CD with word documents or web pages and .EXE files... SCAN it with a virus scanner before opening anything on the disk.

5. Run an antivirus scanner weekly.. and preferably have one running 24-7 on your computer in the background

6. Install microsoft Anti-Spy... it alrets you to any attempt to download and install software that is being done behind the scenes

Final Tip:

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