Originally Posted by
gut
>> 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.