use common sense and an antivirus. you have to be really reckless to get viruses usually. were you ever taught safe practices on computers? like not visiting shady sites, be careful what you download, don't click the ads?
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Why are you guys not just googling your error and fixing it?
sorry, somehow skimmed right over the "used to" rofl
To be fair, you can get infected by seemingly innocuous websites you use often if they have themselves been compromised in some way.Of course 99.9999999999% of the time it is your own reckless behavior that gets you blasted.