Since Lavasoft continues to offer AdAware 2007 which insists on leaving aawservice.exe in boot execute after uninstall, I find it hard to take seriously anything 'Calamity' has to say.

Point a finger at someone, and you point three back at yourself.

I couldn't agree more with Yert!

Some stupid things people do:

1. Opening email attachments from unknown sources.

2. Installing software without paying attention to what they're installing.

3. Not running security software, this goes for any OS.

4. Downloading from P2P sites and not scanning the files for viruses when finished.

5. Not updating Virus programs on a regular basis.

LOL I agree with Aurora. I think you were talking about one of my friends, Aurora.

I think the days when people's PCs didn't get malware are definitely OVER. Those were the days when people were more innocent and trusting, and the Internet hadn't become such a humoungous part of people's everyday life.

Nowadays it's foolish to have a computer and not protect it with at least 1 Anti-spyware and 1 Anti-virus program and a firewall of course. Even if you just have the Windows Defender firewall, it's still better than no firewall at all.

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'your computers going to blow up part 2'

x: I'm going to buy something off ebay.

me: um......seriously? blah blah blah credit card blah blah This computer?!!!! Are you insane!!

x: oh.. (like it never even dawned on them that this is a possibility.) I already entered my credit card in last week... do you think it will be ok?

me: sigh.

me: fine whatever, when your computer blows up I'm not going to fix it.
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.... 2 weeks later .....

Aurora spends her day rooting out malware and installing programs and configurations that would of prevented all this in the first place.

me: make sure to update . ok , make sure to run the scans at last once a week please..

...............and the cycle continues.

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I do not agree with the general trend of the "latest and greatest Anti-this and Anti-that" but I do agree that a few simple tips would help most people.

Most Windows IE users ( I will make a sweeping generalization of 99% ) do not even know how to adjust the privacy settings in their browser. This has nothing to do with Anti-virus software, but it stops the continual flow of rubbish into your PC. The default settings for the browser are set to "let everyone in, particularly advertisers" to make a mess and nudge the "punter" into spending money to; so say, "protect" themselves.

I think the people that make the most noise about Anti-virus issues are software vendors and producers. In particular, an exhibition of propaganda about computer meltdowns and explosions is nothing more than a display in the hope of financial gain.

When was the last time it was in the news about a computer virus making the machine explode? This is just fear-mongering for profit: Deception basically.

Anyone?

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