Internet Security?
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The best thing you can do to keep any of your computers clean is to educate yourself and implement some basic best computing practices. I mean things like using an alternative to Outlook and IE, taking care when clicking OK, refrain from installing every neat little toolbar or MSN add-on you find and assuming that all email attachments are harbingers of doom (delete the ones from strangers, scan or confirm those from friends). Also, has been mentioned, regularly update your OS, virus and spyware detection software in addition to all other web apps, like mail and browsers.
Norton is a terrible product. OK, maybe not terrible, and it's certainly better than nothing. The sort of de facto standard spyware programs are AdAware and Spybot-Search & Destroy. I recommend using them both. Microsoft has, I believe, just released their own detection software that I understand works quite well, but is subscription based. Not cool. An alternative and free antivirus program you might consider is called AVG Antivirus. it's ugly, but well regarded and works very well.
OK, I'm done now.