I always tell people about portable apps. Install a portable version of Firefox/Chrome, and install only the most basic, security feature extensions (noscript, basically). Use this ONLY for banking/financial transactions. Bookmark all of the financial institutions you'll be using, and make sure you're on https for all…

This applies to a huge number of organizations, and people I know. I know lots of people with PCs and laptops from 2006 or earlier who are using the original OS that came with the machine. And there are a lot of tinkerers out there who just keep upgrading bits of their PCs at a time, and never bothered to replace the…

Back up your data regularly. No matter how often people hear that advice it's surprising how few follow it. We've shown you how to set up an automated, bulletproof backup system and we've rounded up your five favorite online and offline backup tools. But we're curious. How do you back up your computers, phones, and…