[discostu]

Sounds like your costly AV and firewall weren’t worth the money and your kids were hanging out in the dark corners of the internet and were running as admin. AVG and other free packages are really the best of breed when it comes to AV and firewall. I run free stuff and scan my computer a couple times a year just out of habit (when it’s on and I’m not doing anything with it) and rarely find anything of significance.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Sounds like your costly AV and firewall weren’t worth the money and your kids were hanging out in the dark corners of the internet and were running as admin."

Those dark corners are called game sites.

As to my wife, she has a weakness for "free" animated cursors and such. Sigh...

As to the AV and firewall stuff, you are correct. And regarding running Windows as admin, doesn't everybody? [grin]