[jambutty]

yes there was Jambutty, Mac or Linux, job done!

You’ve lost me! What are you referring to?

I am led to believe that the Mac is a superior computer to what people call a PC, meaning a computer that runs one of the Windows OS but there are only something like 10% of computers world wide in the domestic situation that are Macs and even fewer with Linux.

We peasants have to put up with what we can afford and get easily.

If using E-Gold every day means I’m obsessed with it then yes I am. I also use PayPal and Moneybookers as on-line payment processors and so do millions of other Internet users. However just because you don’t know anyone else who uses E-Gold it doesn’t automatically follow that no one does. If E-Gold account numbers are any sort of a judge in how many people use E-Gold then the newest ones are in 7 digits. My E-Gold account is 725677. The most recent one that I know of is 4102190 and is the account number of www.fantasticalprofits.biz You can check it out by typing 4102190-usd.01.e-gold.com in your browser address bar. Don’t worry you won’t commit yourself to anything or catch anything. In fact replace the number with any number of your choice and if there is an account with that number you can send it 1 cent if you want to except you can’t unless you have an E-Gold account with at least 1 cent in it. Millions more use PayPal although Moneybookers isn’t anywhere near as popular. And they are just the tip of the on-line payment processor iceberg.

Sadly entwisi it isn’t just crappy software that contains spyware. Not that I have any on my computer. So do hundreds of thousands if not millions of web sites. But even legitimate professional software spies on your computer. All the programmes on my machine are bought and paid for from a legitimate source and all without exception seek Internet access when they start up. Zone Alarm Pro stops them getting what they want.

I have used RoboForm for several years now and my logging in details have never been compromised. Who knows, maybe some clever kid will find a way to read the logging in data tomorrow. In the meantime I trust it and so do millions of others. If you don’t trust it then that’s your problem.

If scaring someone gets them to look at their computer security then I am comfortable with that.

I am the first to admit that my knowledge of computer workings and programming is very, very and even a few more very’s limited. I have just basic rudimentary knowledge of HTML but it is enough for me to produce my own web site. I know my limitations and do not step beyond them. But I have assembled my own computer tower. But hey it isn’t all that difficult to read instructions. I also have a good working knowledge of the various programmes on my machine. Word, Excel, PageStream (DTP), PaintShopPro and its associated animation shop, Sound Forge, Audio Cleaning Lab, Cute FTP, Roxio Media Creator to name just the main ones. I don’t know them inside out but I know enough to use them to my limits.

What I do have is many years experience on the Internet, know the pitfalls for the unwary and also know how to counter them today. Tomorrow something new may come up and it will catch me out. Who knows?

Your 'alternatives' are quite simply a pain in the bum and as such people won't use them,

It is comforting to know that you can categorically state that people will not use any of my suggestions on their home computer security.

Aha! Methinks that I have stepped on some professional toes and they are a bit miffed.

I believe in giving people information on how to secure their home computer. What they do with that information is up to them and is no concern of mine.