OK, now some of you may need to get your minds out of the gutter. I’m not talking about when you go out on a date, or some such activity. I’m actually referring to the fact that you should not go online without adaquate protection.
What kind of protection? Well, at a minimum, I would say you need to have a firewall installed on your computer (Windows XP and up comes with a firewall you can turn on), and a regularly updated virus program. There are some great free anti-virus programs out there that you can get for the home user. Another useful product when you are surfing online would be a spyware eradicating program. We’ll save that as a subject for future discussion.