Microsoft has some pointers to make surfing safer.

[alfredo]

This is a Microsoft advisory to protect you from those
deceptive URL's you've probably heard about. They suggest
instead of clicking the URL, to type it into the field.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5Bln%5D;833786


To show how it works, type in this URL below, don't click it. 
You can click it, but that would not be recommended if you use
Internet Explorer according to MS. 


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=internet.ls-la.net/pictures/images/
Computer/Microsoft-XP-sucks.jpg&imgrefurl=http://internet.ls-la.net/pictures/
Microsoft-XP-sucks.html&hl=en&h=480&w=640&start=6&prev=/
images%3Fq%3Dmicrosoft%2Bsucks%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DU
TF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN






Of course if you don't want to play along, copy and paste the
url's. 

[IowaBiker]

1. Buy a Mac? nt

[Gman]

2. So then why bother using IE?

This and other things are why I use Mozilla now. Haven't had a popup since much less worry about malicious code.

[jimbo fett]

3. Stop relying on Microsoft? Get a Mac. Go to linux. Just abandon MS.

[david_vincent]

4. Microsoft-free since 1/03

BeZilla user here.
Getting security advice from M$ is like getting tips
on how to quit smoking from R.J. Reynolds.

[alfredo]

5. A Mac and Linux user here.

I used Windows at work, but now I am retired so my life has improved.
MS has problems and will continue having such problems because they put market share above all other considerations.

Here is the image in the long link.