What you described is similar to my process (though on Windows I always install MSE now too), but it's important to acknowledge the limitations of such an appro

What you described is similar to my process (though on Windows I always install MSE now too), but it's important to acknowledge the limitations of such an approach. For example: - do not open any email attachments from unknown senders (seriously, it's 2013, who does that anymore?) - do not open any URLs from unknown senders (same as above) These only work as longs as no one you know gets hacked. You're vulnerable as much as the weakest person in your trusted network, and I guarantee others in your network aren't as careful as you. So it's not just avoiding URLs and attachments from unknown senders, it's avoiding URLs and attachments even from people you know and trust that you weren't expecting them to send you. I've come really close before to clicking links from friends that said something along the lines of "Holy crap, this is you", which is actually sometimes expected because I have friends who see articles or pictures written about or by me.