Gmail has just recently offered the gmail service to anyone. You no
longer need an invite for gmail.


--- In thecomputergeekteam@yahoogroups.com, ndrobrob <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> Well, there's still a problem with the threats of viruses and
spyware,
> but Windows continues to make leaps and bounds to prevent these
> threats. There are still three primary ways to avoid these threats.
1)
> Use mozilla as the default browser. Use Internet Explorer if you
> prefer, but when a link is clicked the system should open the link
with
> a non-microsoft brower as a precaution. 2) Use a third party
email
> system such as yahoo or gmail as your primary email system. You
need an
> invite to use gmail, so send me a request for an invite if you
would
> like one.Remove spaces from the following email address... (rob .
> thrasher @ gmail.com) 3) Keep the system firewall active, unless
it
> is preventing
> you from doing something you are use to doing on a regular basis.
Then
> you can deactivate it for a short period of time.
>
> If the computer comes with antivirus software, but you do not plan
to
> get the virus definitions weekly, then uninstall the software and
visit
> housecall.trendmicro.com weekly, or better yet, daily. These virus
> definitions are updated many times daily, and they also check for
> spyware.
>