Tips for avoiding Internet scams
Walter Mossberg writes on consumer electronics for the Wall Street Journal. He is one of my favorite technology journalists and can be relied upon for good reporting. His latest column has good advice for avoiding security problems. He starts his article by summarizing the situation this way
If you’re running a Windows computer, you must install an array of security software to fend off an international collection of crooks, hackers, vandals and sleazy business people who aim to invade your PC through the Internet.
He then goes on to give some tips to avoid all these problems. The column appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal but can be freely read at Mossberg’s Web site.