We seem to spend more and more of our time these days "disinfecting" PC's. The majority of virus, spyware and other malware infections are largely avoidable.

We believe that it is irresponsible to have a Windows PC connected to the Internet without a firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware installed. Further it's no use installing such products unless you keep them up to date.

This series of articles covers simple things you can do to help to protect you and your computer.The starting point for this series is that you install such software and keep it updated.