Hi Val
I read your piece on this topic.
We have 3 computers: one on Windows XP with Norton Antivirus, one Windows 7 with McAfee and one Windows 8 with Windows Defender.
Since we stopped using AVG Free a few years ago we never had a problem with viruses but I have come across a few people with various free products who have had problems.
This may be down to the need to always be cautious and suspicious whatever system you have of course.
The two bits of advice “Do not open links from unknown sources” and “Take note of warnings that a site may be unsafe” need to be taken together.
For example this is a quite common pop-up on various websites at the moment:
It is a complete fake and if you click on the clean computer link you are in all sorts of trouble.
Unfortunately the overriding advice seems to be “be suspicious”.
On a lighter note, dog lovers may enjoy this YouTube clip:
Best regards.
John
