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I've had PCs that were online 24x7 for about 12 years, IIRC. I've had virii/trojans/etc... come to the PC, but I don't remember it ever being infected. I'm trying to remember how many times over the years I've been infected. I think the first was back in the late 80s and came from an infected floppy disk. I think I have had a virus since I got on the Internet, but it was back in my Win 95 and dial up days, or maybe Win 98 SE.

I actually went for many years without virus protection at all and had no issues.

A big part of staying clean with a Windows PC is knowing what to do and what not to do online.