i keep mine safe by quickly closing explorer if the page happens to load long or freezes cus that means it's installing some kinda spyware.
i use opera now... better then all it seems but to each there own. as for ie umm go to any crack search page or download page and ull get something that'll fug u over lol firefox u wont anyways best spyware proggy is hijackthis for me and microsofts which was bought from i forget who but they used to be one of the best anitspyware companys