Advice please

[Laelth]

2. This is probably not the answer that you want.

I don’t have any anti-virus security software installed on my Win 7 PC. None, and I don’t have much trouble with viruses. I turn OFF the internal WinShield app (or whatever it’s name is—the red shield), and I keep it off, yet I never seem to have trouble with viruses.

Two reasons for this, I think. The older operating systems are less interesting to hackers. Their hacks are often geared toward more recent operating systems. Second, I never browse the web or download anything unless I am using a limited account that can not infect the operating system. I use my administrator account only for installing or updating software. That’s it.

If you can confine all your downloads to a limited account, your operating system remains intact and there’s little need for cumbersome security programs. Occasionally, I have to reboot to eliminate something nasty. Worst case scenario—I may have to run System Restore to get rid of something tricky, but I have never found any anti-virus software to be particularly useful.

-Laelth