After seeing abounding humans accuse about their anemic Internet aegis I absitively to address down some things that will advice you for your Internet security.

First, actuality are some tips to accomplish windows safer :

For basal aegis and amend patches install Service Pack 2 for Windows XP or Service Pack 4 for Windows 2000.

Once a ages use Windows Amend so you can get the latest pacthes.

When you download software from the Internet accomplish abiding you download it from the aboriginal website.

Always run anti Trojan and anti virus software.

Even if you don’t use it you accept to accomplish your Internet Explorer as safe as possible.

When you admission the Internet you are browsing the web application a browser such as Internet Explorer.The Internet Explorer contains several aegis vulnerabilities. You should accomplish it as safe as accessible or about-face your absence browser to an alternative. You will accept to set some options from the Manage Add-Ons in the Internet Options. You will see a account of add-ons that can be activated or deactivated. If you see any abnormal entries just conciliate them so you can be abiding you don’t accept a trojan/worm.

Under Internet Options -> Aegis -> Internet -> you will see the Edit Level.You should set it to top in adjustment to attenuate a lot of of the aegis threats.

Your Web Browser should be ok now. Let’s see what we accept to do from our email point of view.

Because it’s congenital in their Windows arrangement lots of users like to use Outlook Express for emailing. But it’s a actuality that it contains abounding aegis vulnerabilities so I admonish you to use alternatives. If you use a web based Email (you can browse your email with your web browser) you can annul bacilli even if you don’t download them to your PC.

Make abiding you accept installed an Anti Virus for 100% virus protection. One that I’ve begin to be actual acceptable and never aghast me is the AVG Anti virus. If you yield the time to consistently amend it you will be safe abundant with it.

Lots of humans install Firewalls because they belive their Internet aegis will be higher. I personaly disagree. If you do not apperceive how to best configure it, and you accept to apperceive abundant about the tech abaft it to do so, it will just accomplish your PC apathetic and software not working.You can just use the Windows XP SP2 firewall for basal security.

All this tips should accomplish your PC safer. I browse the Internet every individual day for some time now and they formed abundant for me. I haven’t met a virus/worm for some time now.