Best program setup to prevent viruses/trojan

What are the best programs to use to protect yourself from being hacked or getting any viruses/trojans. What personal setup do you use?

-disable javascript
-run as limited account
-use kaspersky, nod32, or another decent AV.
-a hosts file may help http://www.hosts-file.net/

As for hacking; forget it. If someone wants to hack your Windows machine they will. Buy a router and try to set everything to "no" and don't open any ports, that's the best you can do and it might stop worms fine.

>>1
This is what you should do:

1. Never use MSIE, use the latest Firefox.

End of list. Don't disable JS, you can be admin if you want, you can use AVG, which is free (don't have it resident, just scan anything you download or are given by somebody else via commandline or AVGCC), and you don't need host files to ban certain domains.

>>3
what the fuck? something like 70% of all viruses are contracted through visiting websites so you advise using.firefox. DURH IM SMART OPENSOURCE IS SECURER

OpenBSD (because I got tired of saying Linux)

>>4
You clearly know jack about malware and the mechanisms they use to spread.

The vast majority of "viruses" find their way in through unpatched security holes in Windows or via email (or more accurately, via idiots opening every "LOLZ FUNNAY NEW SCREENSAVAR" and "W00T NAKED PICTUERS!" email attachment they receive). A lot of the time you don't even need to be doing anything to catch them, just be connected to the internet. Put an unpatched XP or 2000 machine on the internet without a firewall and you'll be infected inside of ten minutes without having to so much as start Internet Explorer.

On the other hand, if you're talking about the majority of all spyware/adware being caught by visiting websites, that is at least correct. But any browser, open source or otherwise, that doesn't use ActiveX (as IE does), is inherently less susceptible to such attacks because that is what the majority of spyware/adware exploits to install itself.

So the simple advice is, turn on automatic updates so any security holes are patched as soon as the fix is released, install a firewall (software or hardware-based, ideally both), and use a browser other than IE for web browsing. I've been running like that for years, and despite having no antivirus software I've never had a virus or spy/adware (I run occasional checks with housecall.trendmicro.com and Spybot S&D just to be sure).

>>6
and you've never once encountered a trojan through javascript?

that's either pure luck, you're a total liar, or you haven't strayed from the same 10 websites in the past 5 years in which case you're a loser.

only retards browse without an AV these days. What would you do if you ever DID contract a trojan and went without a scan for a month? Just call it a day and change your credit card information? and I don't know jack? noooob.

>>7
No, never. No, I'm not a liar, or lucky, or limit my browsing. Know why I don't worry? Because the vast majority of Javascript trojans aren't in the wild, and those that are exploit scripting in email (which I turn off), or come as attachments (which I'm not stupid enough to open), or try to run executables from the browser (which Firefox doesn't allow), or come in via MSN Messenger (which I don't use). And if one did manage to get in it wouldn't be able to call home without me knowing because of the software firewall. I'd go on, but I really can't be bothered arguing with twelve year olds who think they know computers.