ZDNet - The Ed Bott Report: Windows without viruses and spyware? Yes, it's possible

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How do you protect Dad, Grandma, or Little Ricky from viruses and malware? The convention wisdom is to install multiple layers of antivirus and antispyware software and then come back once a month to clean up the mess. That's wrong. Here's my eight-step program for creating a practically bulletproof Windows XP machine.

By Ed Bott
August 25, 2006

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal takes tech questions from readers each week and publishes his answers in Mossberg’s Mailbox. In this week’s column, he tackles a question I get asked all the time. How do you set up a new computer for a relative who is an enthusiastic Internet user but is naive or technically unsophisticated?

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