How often do you format your computer

[Heatha]

only when I have a major probelm, i.e. major virus

[Spybreak!]

Antivirus software doesn't help with the newest vires. For some reasons my computer has this unique ability to contract those vires 1st ... sometimes several days before the antidote was made available.

I have this email address that I have been using for nearly 7 years, a lot people seem to know this address. There were twice vires were sent to my PC by people who I trusted (they didn't know tho).

--I dunno where it is you're surfing to get all these viruses you speak of (I don't even wanna know!)... But stay off all sites that look strange, don't even click the link cus when the page loads the virus is already downloaded and eating your computers innards!

_And progs like PC-Cillin, if you buy it you'll get automatic updates practically every day (or more) if there are updates available. So all new viruses are known about and get detected, so you and your computer are happy! I use it and never have had a prob with viruses, if it's detected I either get rid of it or just use GoBack so it's not in my system.

_Get a new email account, and make another in addition for the sole purpose of when you put your email in a box at some site, the spam will be sent to that "fake" email.
_Get new friends that don't send you viruses harrr! :P

_And it's a simple internet rule, unless you have selected to "install" things, windows that pop up asking if they wanna install just for their site... just click "NO"