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Advanced techniques for protecting your home computer

• We recommend installing an anti-spyware/malware utility
  • What is spyware/malware?
  • Recommended anti-spyware/malware utilities: Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware (We suggest you consider donations to the creators of these free products)
• If you have an always-on broad-band connection to the Internet, or stay online for significant periods of time, we recommend installing a firewall
  • What is a firewall? (Note: the content at this link is an outside source)
  • Recommended firewall: ZoneAlarm (basic package is free) (Note: configuring a firewall not to interfere with other programs can be difficult, even though ZoneAlarm tries to help; therefore, installation is only recommended for very advanced users)