>>>Besides keeping patched and being vigilant, you can be proactive by disabling active content such as scripting and Adobe/Java as listed above, by using FireFox with the NoScript extension. It's always good to be retroactive too, by having good backups.
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>>IMO a Linux VM running on Win Host is better - having a dedicated Boot USB-stick for separate machine is best.
>>Currently my old 17' laptop has those tasks: running ubuntu with browser and nothing else
>>a single core 2Gig machine is good enough although adblocker on some sites is more helpful than on current CPUs.
>>I once tried to have separate installs with adobe or scripting allowed, but nowadays think a fully enabled install which
>>can be scrapped and replaced by a fresh copy is best. Clearly YMMV depending on personal habits,
>>but for me it is better to highten the fence as Murphy corollary says it will hit you exactly when safety is out of date.
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>>regards
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>>thomas
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>Are your unning VFP on a Linux machine?

I guess he can neither confirm nor deny that...