On Sunday 06 July 2008 17:26:05 Scott Silva wrote:
That is one of the biggest of my beefs about windows. It allows any computer noob to shoot themselves in the foot very easily. That can be a plus or a negative. The biggest negative is that there are now millions of computers on the internet that have run out on their free 2 months of virus scanner updates, and are now owned by someones bot network, while the clueless user keeps plugging along wondering why the darn machine is so slow. I guess the positive is that it is easy for Grandma and Grandpa on the other side of the country to get pics of the grandkids.
I just wish that PC manufacturers would just contract with one of the free virus scanner companies like Grisoft, instead of putting in Norton with a 60 day cripple point. Most users will just ignore the update message until it stops because they don't know it is really necessary software. A free virus scanner with updates will beat a heave commercial soft with no updates anytime.
I fail to see what any of this has to do with my question. As it happens she is not a computer newbie and she has had an AV contract since the Win3.1 days. However, that's totally irrelevant. She simply hadn't realised just how big a pdf with two large graphics and embedded fonts would be.
Anne