how do you protect your computer???

dude chill.....unless you happen to have top secret classified doucuments of your goverment you need not worry about hackers.Just be careful about your credit card pass,while doing online shopping and install a good antivirus.I would suggest ESET NOD32.

I use a Mac ... lol ... most of the virus and crimes are focused in the PC/Windows world so it is much more safer to use a Mac. I used to have antivirus and firewall software in my PC's and the best of everything watch out my e-mail inbox for suspicious messages and attached files. Another point is ot to leave personal data stored in financial softwares, I do have a software but the bank name annd account number are ot on it nor my ID.

McaAfee does it all for me!