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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Well, if you feel that level of kindness, far be it from me to stop you. All I can say is, you are a really good friend. 
I am pretty curious about how exactly this paranoia works. What do they think the extra MB is doing anyway?  |
One of them got badly burnt by malware that used an old version of something that shall remain nameless - which they didn't use - as a vector. They didn't lose their creative work, that's backed up every which way, but they did lose business records, tax, grant applications etc. He clicked on an attachment in an email from his brother, then things started to go haywire (popups everywhere) and in trying to 'fix it' he did even more damage.
So lessons - don't blithely click on attachments, if something goes haywire then be careful if you try to fix it, you might make things worse, don't have software lying around that you don't use and/or keep up to date. Backup everything - even the adminstrivia.
Person I'm writing of suspects he lost a $20,000 grant because he lost his almost complete application; he had to redo it in a hurry. Whether that's true doesn't matter, that's his perception and hence his reality. And from thus stems his paranoia. Seems perfectly reasonable to me, means I won't have to spend 2-3 days putting humpty dumpty's computer back together again - I hope.
My neighbour just knocked on my door with a plate of warm courgette, and aubergine fritters, some flat bread and bowl of yoghurt. All home made including bread and yoghurt - now that's kindness
BR