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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1611492" data-attributes="member: 307555">Well, you have finally convinced me.&nbsp; Yes, it has taken a year.&nbsp; I have installed and uninstalled several free antivirus products.&nbsp; I have decided to follow the long trail of wisdom found here and go antivirus-less (Is that even a word?)&nbsp;&nbsp; It is so hard to do given my years with Windows.&nbsp; I have all Windows machines at work and as the IT I have to deal with malware issues a lot. Like for example, yesterday one of the secretaries had a fat man in a thong pop up on her screen advertising ... I'm not sure what. She flipped out and I had to explain installing all the coupon, save alerts, shopping extensions and add ons caused it.&nbsp; I do believe she may be cured - at least for now.Anyway, I am going without.&nbsp; I actually had four different times I caught a problem and it was all from unsolicited emails with attachments that would have only affected a Windows computer and I would have deleted them first anyway.&nbsp; I never had a system scan show a problem.&nbsp; I always am very careful about where I go on the internet and what I download. I do run Ghostry and Adblock plus.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I think I am still trying to reassure my self I made the right decision.&nbsp; Is there some sort of 12 step program of recovery for former Windows users?&nbsp; There should be.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just sayin'...Lisa</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1611492, member: 307555"] Well, you have finally convinced me. Yes, it has taken a year. I have installed and uninstalled several free antivirus products. I have decided to follow the long trail of wisdom found here and go antivirus-less (Is that even a word?) It is so hard to do given my years with Windows. I have all Windows machines at work and as the IT I have to deal with malware issues a lot. Like for example, yesterday one of the secretaries had a fat man in a thong pop up on her screen advertising ... I'm not sure what. She flipped out and I had to explain installing all the coupon, save alerts, shopping extensions and add ons caused it. I do believe she may be cured - at least for now. Anyway, I am going without. I actually had four different times I caught a problem and it was all from unsolicited emails with attachments that would have only affected a Windows computer and I would have deleted them first anyway. I never had a system scan show a problem. I always am very careful about where I go on the internet and what I download. I do run Ghostry and Adblock plus. And I think I am still trying to reassure my self I made the right decision. Is there some sort of 12 step program of recovery for former Windows users? There should be. Just sayin'... Lisa [/QUOTE]

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