The Security Mentor

Remember I said to stay out of bad neighborhoods on the web?

According to antivirus firm Sophos, 80% of the web sites that try to take over your computer weren't malicious to begin with. Instead, they were legitimate sites that have been taken over by criminals.

Which invites the question of just how to protect yourself. Keeping up with security patches to your browser is effective. Running NoScript in Firefox takes away many chances for you to get hit.