So sorry about your wife, tell her to use Firefox Mozilla, you can disable Java and JavaScript's and still go online without any problems, I also have Flash Disabled, they are hitting those adverts too in a big way.

The reason flash is disabled on my browser is my pc is slow and it freezes, it hates my Nividia Graphics card and always has.  As I have a slow pc, I can understand your frustration on running the latest AV programs and they are huge on Memory which us poor people don't have on older pc's.

If you are using IE ditch it if you need help to set this up I can show you some add ons that will literally save you heaps of time online and keep your safe.  Nothing compares to it, its so easy to install and has so many features you will be amazed.  I got one Trojan in 1999, and thats the last time I had IE on my pc, refuse to even let it load, its a bloated beast that does nothing but infect a users pc, and if any disagrees then bad luck its a fact.

Internet explorer has a higher malware infection rate than Firefox.