Quote Originally Posted by gut View Post
>> Lots of people *I know* would just press [X] on any popup they
>> see (such as "Would you like to update?").

You speak as though updates are a needed thing. I don't think they
are. I'll try not to be too boring, but here's why I think this.
Up until last year, I happily used a win98 (first edition), 300
MHZ emachine. I kept NO antivirus software regularly
installed for 12 years, though I would occasionally borrow a disk
from a friend for testing. I never had a single virus. Getting
virii is much more a 'user habits' thing than a 'lack of security
updates' thing.
I can confirm this, I had antivirus software only about 1 year of my ~13 years on the internet now, and never got a virus yet. My brother does the same, and got a virus once (last month) for which he just quickly installed 2 antivirus programs. The virus was effectively killed and 3 weeks ago he removed the antivirus software again so that his PC may run 2 times as fast. Installing et cetera costs quite some time, but the 100% computer speed bonus completely cancels that out even if it was just for 1 week without viruses. As my ICT-brother uses to say: most antivirus software is a cure more dangerous than the disease
Except if you download torrent files each day and have to click each doubtful link you see, of course

Edit: it's nice btw, always if I check out a channel it's full of gut's posts and replies to those