[LINK] Question: How do you protect Windows?

[Webb, KerryA]

RC wrote:
> 
> Craig,
> 
> All of the below advice is misdirected; not because it's 
> wrong, but because looking from the outside at "me", there 
> are only two options I can see.
> 
> Either:
> a) I am not capable of an informed decision, in which case 
> I'm also probably incapable of installing a *nix, learning 
> how to install and run compatibility software, and so on;
> or
> b) I am capable of an informed decision, in which case I'm 
> running Windows on purpose, believing my security measures 
> adequate to the task.
> 
> My evidence for (b) is, as I said, a lack of attacks, and a 
> long virus-free existence. There's no discoverable spyware 
> (thank you Mozilla), my wife and I never fall for the 
> attachment IQ test, and my kids only have plain-text e-mail 
> (and No Instant Messenger).
> 
> There are other reasons, most particularly reliability, which 
> would convince me, but it can wait until I can afford the 
> time to plan the change, and make it reverseable if need be.
> 

I agree.  At home I run Windows 98SE and am suffering more than one crash per week.  I want a more reliable platform but am unwilling (for a number of reasons) to upgrade to XP.

I've been looking at Linux options and am confused, bewildered and generally not confident that I can

(a) install such a system myself, and
(b) keep it up to date easily.

I'm not a computer expert, but I think I know enough to know what I don't know.

A Macintosh is looking pretty good at the moment.

Kerry 
  
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This email, and any attachments, may be confidential and also privileged.
If you are not the intended recipient:
Please notify the sender and delete all copies of this transmission along with any attachments immediately.
You should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------