Do not use Internet Explorer!
It is a notoriously insecure browser. Google's email servers were compromised using a IE exploit that was previously undiscovered. Why? Because Microsoft is sh*t! They don't even spend the time to review their code to look for the most obvious buffer overflows and pointer resolution bugs. This is a company that profits billions every year and they don't even inspect their own code. Pedro The Fisherman got nailed with a virus when using IE just over a year ago.
https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/show...ighlight=virus
If you use IE, you are playing with fire. It's just not a smart thing to do when there are better, more secure free alternatives available.
I use Firefox for a web browser. No piece of software is perfect. But Firefox has never had the problems that IE has had. You don't have to worry about much using Firefox.
www.mozilla.com
France and Germany warned their citizens not to use IE.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...atestheadlines
As for anti-virus programs, I will add, too, that Norton sucks. I used to use Norton. It screwed up my registry and prevented my computer from booting twice. The first time, it took me 7 hours to fix the problem. After the second time, I went to the store and bought McAffee. The problem was that McAffee would not install because Norton refused to completely uninstall itself. So I had to re-install my operating system and all my programs because of that damn Norton piece of crap.
The free Avira AntiVir was top rated by Consumer Reports magazine as the best free anti-virus program. I am using it.
What is interesting is that some of these image websites like ImageRise either try to install trojans or their advertisers try to install them. I've gotten several anti-virus warnings when clicking on thumbnails to go to ImageRise.
Sometimes you get false positive alerts, too. You just don't know. Last night I got an alert from my anti-virus when I visited a Myspace page. I don't know how anyone on Myspace could try to install a virus on a computer.