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Internet Security - The Need for Common Sense

AVERT Labs is a division of McAfee.  This blog entry provides practical advise in being careful with email, websites, and protecting your PC with good security controls.

Internet Security - The Need for Common Sense
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=181

Quote: Memorizing lists of Do’s and Don’ts can be a bit daunting for people, so I’ve started advising people to look at their computer like it was their house. People can “come to your house” by email, via web-sites, by comment spam, by portable media or storage devices, whatever. Just like people can come to your real house by ringing your front door-bell, using the door-knob, crawling in a window, etc.