Have you turned off automatic updates for Windows and other programs on the rationale that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?" Then consider this: Your programs may be very, very broken, and you don't know it. The modern cybercriminal prefer to invisibly take control of yo'ur PC, and unpatched software gives them the perfect opportu¬nity to do so.

Luckily, you can completely block the majority of Web¬based exploits by keeping all
your programs is not just the operating system or your browsers up-to-date. Attack sites ferret out holes in seemingly innocuous applications such as QuickTIme and WinZip as well as in Windows and Internet Explorer. So turn on auto¬matic update features for any software that offers the service-it's your quickest and easiest option for getting patches.