[dayglored]

Yep, that list of vendors is mighty familiar... at various times I've used F-Prot, AVG, Avast, etc. Kaspersky has a great reputation, as you also attested. These days I sort-of cheat -- I only use the Windows machines for things where only Windows will do. All the rest I'm on one Linux or another, or OS X. And I stay away from dodgy sites, don't surf warez or pr0n, and mostly do actual, you know, work type stuff... :-)

[roamer_1]

These days I sort-of cheat -- I only use the Windows machines for things where only Windows will do. All the rest I'm on one Linux or another, or OS X.

It is my sad circumstance that I cannot get rid of Windows. The vast majority of my business comes from Windows/Office users, and I have to be able to hack Windows/Office in order to fix their machines. And in order to hack Windows/Office, I need to know it pretty intimately - Ergo, I have to use it.

I do use *nix - Normally I have a DMZ'd HTTP/FTP server facing the web - I would be an idiot to have such a thing except that it's running *nix.My media boxen (my TV's are all hooked to computers instead of Cable) will soon get hard-wired NIC instead of wireless, and the very second I can get away from WLAN, they will all be running Linux. All of my personal appliances are 'droids or running Mint.

And I stay away from dodgy sites, don't surf warez or pr0n, and mostly do actual, you know, work type stuff... :-)

Yeah, me too - Since the advent of scriptblockers, it's pretty hard for me to get a bug at all - But try teaching JoeUser how to run a script blocker...