[conservatism_IS_compassion]

used Norton, got sick of the bloat, used free stuff for years now, no problems on my or wife's machines.

never open attachments from odd sources or at all. I run free Avast and do a scan every so often along with real time protection. No infections, no drama.

Dunno why you are so paranoid.

See, that’s the point. I run OS X without all of that rigamarole you have “just” been doing. When I click on a link I don’t worry about “attachments from odd sources” - if anything tries to run that I didn’t ask for, OS X will straitly warn me about it. I don’t go looking for “odd source” free stuff, of course. And I don’t run as a admin privileged user unless I’m loading software intentionally.

You talk about the things you “just” do that I am trusting that I don’t have to do under Unix/OS X - and then you call me paranoid.

But to do all that trusting I have to see through the FUD which everyone who actually is functionally paranoid (including you) has a motive to throw at Unix users out of, basically, jealousy.

And to help me see thru that FUD I trust Swordmaker. A lot. That’s why it is well worth my while to be on his ping list. At least one reason . . .

[Swordmaker]

And to help me see thru that FUD I trust Swordmaker. A lot. That’s why it is well worth my while to be on his ping list. At least one reason . . .

Thanks for that trust, CIC, I appreciate it. I try to provide the unvarnished truth, not the FUD, and explain why it is the truth.

[doorgunner69]

Computers are scary, got it.