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Originally Posted by AASpartan
You've got Windows Defender now and there are lots of free Spyware programs out there. I just think that it's totally bogus to say that someone "needs" a commercial virus scanning package in order to operate their computer.
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Yep, lots of free spyware programs. They get on your computer, and are extremely difficult to get off.
There are plenty of phishing sites that will tell the un-tech savvy that they need this great free anti-virus program. And many many of the folks that navigate to those pages will willingly download malware and viruses.
So for the computer illiterate, those that simply know how to use the e-mail program, print off the occasional document and surf to a couple of news sites, who do they trust? Hey this big shiny window just popped up saying I'm
infected for god sakes. I clearly need to do something about that.
All I'm saying is you have to be able to look through the prism of the computer illiterate. They don't know a goddamn thing about it computers outside of the basic basic functions. It's easy for you and I, but not so easy for the computer illiterate in a world where computers are almost a neccessity.