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for a complete internet novice. Not me, for someone else.

They have: XP service pack 1, connection via a dongle and probably using Internet Explorer.

I've heard the windows firewall is not up to scratch on this version of Vista? So a firewall thats simple to use would be good. But I'm not really after a big debate of zonealarm v commodo or whatever. However with the anti-virus, personally, I use Avast but maybe with a dongle connection (can't get 3G) this slows everything up? as on start-up it can take a while to update. Also would it be ok to stick with service pack 1 or upgrade to 2 or even 3? Will security updates still work on xp1?

But the most important security question is how to avoid clicking on bad websites. Myself I use WOT and found it pretty good. Any other methods?

Probably most people will say ditch IE for Firefox/Chrome etc but I'm trying to keep the installing of new programs down and things fairly simple.

Lots of questions!....any advice appreciated.
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