How to surf the internet safely, without limiting your freedom, or resorting to disconnecting the modem. Some basic facts, and some practical advice.

1. Safe Surfing A Cautionary Tale

2. The internet is not out to get you

3. There are some simple road rules to follow

4. Different types of nasties

5. Name: Virus Type: Self-Replicating Risk: Moderate Threat: Low Symptoms Include: Odd behaviour Strange popups Ads Flakiness

7. Name: Worm Type: Self-Replicating Risk: Moderate Threat: From annoying to lethal Symptoms Include: Slow network speeds Sluggish operation

9. Name: Trojan Horse Type: Malicious Risk: Low Threat: High Symptoms Include: Normal behaviour (!) Missing data Disabled virus software Slow speeds

11. Name: Phishing Type: Scam Risk: High Threat: Mildly irritating, often funny Symptoms Include: Poor spelling and grammar Lots of promises Very little payoff

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