Since you now have PGP, might be a good idea for you to get into WOT.
Web of Trust the browser add on?
No Bitcoin-OTC
http://bitcoin-otc.com/Thanks for that I'm a newbie when it comes to things like this any other useful software that I should check out?
It never hurts to have good AV software a firewall and malware protection.
Also check out TrueCrypt to encrypt sensitive data.