I haven’t had malware for over a decade, and it’s all thanks to these 6 simple tricks

The first time I got malware on my laptop, I was still in school, used USB tethering to connect to the internet, and was intrigued by the idea of “free software.” I made up a “my dog ate my homework” story to explain to my parents why my laptop was acting weird. They obviously didn’t buy it (took my laptop for two weeks), but fixed it with a clean Windows 7 install.