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The Ten Commandments of PC Security

Nov 30, 2003 11:19PM PST

Fight off nasty viruses, worms, and Trojan horses by following these simple rules.

And it was written (by Bill Gates, et al): Thou shalt use a Windows PC to do thy work and it will be good.

I. Remember thy antivirus software and keep it updated.
II. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's attachments.
III. Avoideth bogus file downloads.
IV. Smite spyware and pop-ups.
V. Thou shalt foil spammers.
VI. Keep thy operating system patched.
VII. Maketh a rescue disk and keep it handy.
VIII. Be not taken in by false claims.
IX. Honor thy firewall
X. Maketh backups and keep them holy.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113175,00.asp

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