On Monday 08 January 2007 07:06, Tim wrote: > > I see people using that OS, supposedly it's designed for them to be an > easy thing to use. But there's no way that they're going to avoid > getting infections from their browser or mail client, because they don't > know what they're doing, and it doesn't protect them from outside > attack, nor themselves. > People often want to use tools without understanding the physics behind them - and why not? It's not absolutely necessary. My elder daughter is such a user. She doesn't want to 'understand' computers, but is perfectly willing to learn a few simple rules, and those rules have kept her virus and trojan free for upwards of ten years, running win3.1 and then win98 until last year. Anne
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