Probably the easiest way for most users to protect themselves after installing a firewall and anti-virus software would be to use something other than IE for web browsing. FireFox, Opera and Mozilla are all decent browsers. Avant Browser and MyIE2 are basically just new skins for IE, so they are just as susceptible to these flaws. Keep IE for going to Windows update to get security patches, or for the few banks that don't allow any other browser to be used, otherwise don't open it at all.
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PS - Or buy a Mac...
