Computer health

first step would appear to be to make sure you are not running a machine with microsoft.
it appears that most viruses and the like are written specifically for the more prevalent systems, and microsoft is just that.

so.

mozilla
makers of the firefox browser and thunderbird email client.
i use web-based email, so i havent checked out the thunderbird yet.
firefox is the shit.
they do other things too, so perhaps the best link would be to the mozilla suite.


ubuntu
freebie OS based on linux and constantly being updated.
get a 'live' disc to try it out, or the 'install' disc to ...well. yeah.
(download page; hoary hedgehog version)

AVG
grisoft's freebie antivirus software.
i've heard it s better than norton and mcaffee, but i have no idea how to check.
all i do know is that it works.

Zonelabs
firewall. again for free.


perhaps more to follow.