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While we're at it, I thought I'd offer some additional advice.
1) UPDATE all of your software on your computer. This means the stuff other than the Microsoft software. Typical vectors which are used include Adobe software such as flash and reader, java, etc. With the flash vulnerabilities, you can infect your computer by just visiting a website which has the malicious code in it. This can include visiting trusted websites as they often serve up ad images from ad servers and some of these images have been infected with the code which in turn can compromise your computer.
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To achieve this you can use the following application (
Secunia PSI)
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2) Avoid running your computer as a user with admin rights. Difficult to do with Windows but worth it.
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It's the same difficult in Windows, Unix, Linux or MAC. It's just a question of not loggin on computer as Administrator, not a problem of the OS
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5) Avoid using Internet Explorer. It's much more tightly integrated into the operating system than third party browsers and is often a target for compromising systems.
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Yeah avoid using Internet Explorer 6 or 7 like Firefox 2. You can perfectly use IE8/9 without any problem.