You know, I hate to post twice, but...
You guys just need to lighten up. If you run around naked on the web, you're gonna get hurt. AntiVirus software will not cover you. AV is okay, I suppose, but it helps after the fact --- after tons of people have been hurt while paying for AV support. Instead, you must use your brains. For example, if you call 911 when someone is breaking in, you are going to be a victim. Instead, you use reasonable lighting and good locks and a gun and you stay out of gang neighborhoods. Also you would never go into the wilderness alone and unarmed, The wilderness has bears, mountain lions and criminals on the run---the later I call varmits, and they are the most dangerous. The same goes for Widgets. Go to a unknown site or a porno site or a site with ads for porno sites (hear me foxnews!) and download a widget and may get hurt. Or you may not. So be careful. But don't rely on Peter Norton to protect you. It ain't gonna happen. Peter wants you money, but he cannot protect you anymore than the 911 cops. Instead, use your brains. Get Widgets from 1) Apple 2) Macintosh Users Groups 3) Known developers such as Stone, OmniGroup, anyone listed at stepwise.com, etc. 4) big developers such as Adobe and (oh, it hurts to say this, Microsoft) 5) yourself 6) your friends. Stay away from www.billybob.whatever. Billy Bob may hurt you. So why risk it? I don't use AV software on my Mac or on my PC and have not been infect with a virus since 1987~1988 (Scores on the Mac was the last). Don't open email attachments. If people want to send you something, ask them to upload it and send a link. I am not a nurd, but a journalist, but I stay virus-clean without AV software. I am nothing special, but can still protect myself. So you can avoid viruses, too. Just use your brains and don't trust strangers.
Diatribe said:
You guys just need to lighten up. If you run around naked on the web, you're gonna get hurt. AntiVirus software will not cover you. AV is okay, I suppose, but it helps after the fact --- after tons of people have been hurt while paying for AV support. Instead, you must use your brains. For example, if you call 911 when someone is breaking in, you are going to be a victim. Instead, you use reasonable lighting and good locks and a gun and you stay out of gang neighborhoods. Also you would never go into the wilderness alone and unarmed, The wilderness has bears, mountain lions and criminals on the run---the later I call varmits, and they are the most dangerous. The same goes for Widgets. Go to a unknown site or a porno site or a site with ads for porno sites (hear me foxnews!) and download a widget and may get hurt. Or you may not. So be careful. But don't rely on Peter Norton to protect you. It ain't gonna happen. Peter wants you money, but he cannot protect you anymore than the 911 cops. Instead, use your brains. Get Widgets from 1) Apple 2) Macintosh Users Groups 3) Known developers such as Stone, OmniGroup, anyone listed at stepwise.com, etc. 4) big developers such as Adobe and (oh, it hurts to say this, Microsoft) 5) yourself 6) your friends. Stay away from www.billybob.whatever. Billy Bob may hurt you. So why risk it? I don't use AV software on my Mac or on my PC and have not been infect with a virus since 1987~1988 (Scores on the Mac was the last). Don't open email attachments. If people want to send you something, ask them to upload it and send a link. I am not a nurd, but a journalist, but I stay virus-clean without AV software. I am nothing special, but can still protect myself. So you can avoid viruses, too. Just use your brains and don't trust strangers.
