3 simple steps to making Windows 90% safer

I was just reading 20 Reasons The World despises Norton Anti-Virus and I thought to myself,"Hmmm, wouldn't it just be easier to just not do things that would get viruses on your system."

In my moment of clarity my brain said "It seems anything that A) uses Internet Explorer seems to be a gaping hole and B) email is the other obvious place where naughty things get in."

So here is the not so fool proof method to not getting most of the garbage the world offers Windows...

1. Install Firefox or Opera and delete all Internet Explorer shortcuts. Don't use I.E.if you do not have to. Period. It's rendering engine is not up to current spec, has holes bigger than Aunt Birtha's mu-mu, and it allows the nefarious underbelly of the Internet unfettered control of your machine. There, I said it.
   
2. Make sure your ISP's email server has anti-virus and spam catching. If it does not, get a Gmail account. Then Do Not Use Outlook or Outlook Express – they both use the I.E. rendering engine – and that is a bad thing. If you do not want or like using web mail through your browser (which is NOT I.E. anymore) then use Thunderbird. And don't run executable attachments. Just don't. Event if it came from Grandma.
3. Do not do naughty things or go to naughty sites. You may think you are saving money by downloading Photoshop from “1337War3zHax0rzPr0n” but in the end, you will need to reload your system because “1337War3zHax0rzPr0n” really did not have your best interests at heart when the Photoshop installer came with an adware/spyware/irc bot that disabled your anti-virus and changed and locked your home page to “p0n3d1337War3zHax0rzPr0nMoreMoneyForTheBadGuy.com.”
   

Now, after all that, the AVG antivirus you download and will be more of a suspenders to the belt of better programs and behavior. You are 90% there.