Scrub Your PC Clean Remove Malware in Four Easy Steps

Malware sucks.� In the best-case scenario, it craps up your system with unwanted files and occasionally makes itself known in the form of a persistent pop-up window or annoying browser-based toolbar.� In the worst-case scenario, malware completely takes over your desktop or laptop and ruins your life.�

But we're just getting started.� Javascript vulnerabilities---including blatant attacks that rely on a user's cooperativeness to work--can just as easily affect your browser as well.� If you're rocking Firefox, grab an extension called NoScript, which will allow you to turn a page's plugins elements off by default unless you trust the site enough to give ‘em a go.� Chrome doesn't have an add-on for the same feature, but you can disable Javascript by default in the browser's ``Under the Hood� settings section.� And if you want to specifically allow a site's Javascript to function, just click...

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