Subj : Re: Security Suites for c
To   : Atreyu
From : bex
Date : Sat Aug 06 2022 08:48:00

At 6:22 AM on 4 Aug 22, Atreyu said to Bex:

At> On 03 Aug 22  19:29:00, Bex said the following to Atreyu:

B> I don't mean to sound b***hy, but I think this is very bad advice. There's a
B> war between bad actors and users, and some of the bad actors are very good.
B> Social engineering makes things worse.

At> Been doing this a long time... I cannot be tricked by a bad actor and
At> stand by my words, having not used virus protection for 2 decades even
At> with all the fun of XP.

Me too! I started working at HP a month before the original Windows 95 was
released. We had to use it all the time so we would have experience for when
users started calling about '95. I remember being both blown away by how
much better '95 was than 3.1.1, but also scoffed because it was nowhere near
as good as Workbench 2.x.

But the thing is, most people using computers - even professionals - don't
have as much experience as we do (I'm an old lady after all). The average
user has always had anti-virus on their systems and assume it will always be
there. GenZers have also always had malware protection on their computers.

And that's a good thing.

(I should also note that I run Linux on all my boxes, so I don't worry about
viruses or malware.)


At> either security problems with OS's or websites. Often times the products

Those are the exact reasons that it's a good idea to have AV and anti-
malware on a system. 

At> whats deserved. There have never been situations in my life where I have
At> been tricked into entering credentials or visiting some link that was
At> bogus.

You are making the logical mistake of not seeing that your experience is
much difference than others. 


Gob: I've made a huge mistake.

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