Quote Originally Posted by weirjf View Post
I've found that the large majority of complaints about OS and apps aren't the OS and apps. I've owned 4 computers in 15 years and I've never had an issue with crashes, lockups, blue screens, viruses, malware, etc...

I build my computer with hardware I know works well with each other and are stable and I stay off of gray sites (porn, warez, etc). I don't even have an antivirus installed, I have a thumb drive with an updated AV that runs a scan every night and I have never gotten a virus on any of my computers. Most of that is just knowing what not to do, open and click on.
That's not safe. It's only a matter of time before you pick up a piece of malware. Even "safe" sites run banners that come from advertising networks, and I have personally seen (on a site I managed) advertisers trying to feed malware out through banners. You need something that's monitoring each website as it loads. My two cents, of course, but in the event you get a virus, are you ever going to trust that install again?

I say we blast off and nuke the site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

H.