Safe Internet Browsing - Security Measures?

I am an average homeuser with limited technical abilities. I just changed from dial-up connection to wireless.

I access my personal bank accounts and do banking etc.

I practise safe-hex, the in-built firewall is enabled and use AntiVir and SpywareTerminator as my AV/A-S programs. I also utilise SeconfigXP (configured to Homeuser).

System details:

OS: WinXP Pro SP2

Acer TravelMate 3240 (LapTop) Manufactured by: AcerSystem Intel(R) Celeon(R) M CPU

430 @ 1.73GHz 1.73 GHz, 512 MB of RAM

IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers Intel(R) 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C4 Primary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel

Network adapters Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945BG Network Connection PCMCIA adapters Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller

Would appreciate advice what other security measures I should implement to surf the net safely i.e. how can I prevent others from seeing my browsing/computing activities?

TIA.

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Posted 5 years ago by Michael in Wireless Networking

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