has been bugging me to put up a journal entry that talks about basic computer lockdown stuff, similar to my Firefox post.

So here you go, Tracy.

Best protection against spyware? DON’T INSTALL STUPID CRAP. Second best? Ad-aware and Spybot. Run ’em every now and again. Plus, installing the free …

A couple friends of mine have been “accusing” me of emailing them viruses…so I figured this was as good a time as any to discuss exactly HOW these viruses work, and why you shouldn’t go all apeshit when you get a virus that APPEARS to come from a certain email address.

Basically, this is how these …