If you are working in a Linux system, donot work as a root user, especially when trying with new stuffs. Else you may have to compromise your entire system. You can switch to your root user when you know what you are doing. Beware of the fact that, even if you are running the application as a non-root user, the trojan can still works and get the user files/ keylogs etc. So as a general advice, I might say, never download untrusted contents especially from IRC, IM, small sites. torrents, warez etc.
Windows is an entirely different platform. If you are limiting yourself without the administrative privilages in windows, it will be pretty hard to keep on working, while in Linux, working as a non-root user and switching to a root user is pretty easy.
As I discussed in my previous tutorials, the Windows is the most targetted Operating System because of its popularity and lack of strong security measures. In windows, you have to install a Antivirus Software as the first step defense. Also, you have to update your antivirus as soon as a new update is availble. Without the proper updation of your antivirus softwares, they are nothing but a resource hungry daemon. So, to stay safe, never download any softwares from untrusted sources.
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