I also use MS Security Essentials on Win7. I figure that no one has any
stronger motivation to protect Windows than Microsoft.
As to banking, as I described here probably several months ago, I took
our old Dell XP laptop and installed Win7 64 bit on a small 120GB SSD.
The only websites this machine knows about are our two banks and 2
investment houses plus, of course, Microsoft for updates.
I had toyed with using a Cromebook or Linux machine for security but
both were defeated by my desire to print financial stuff. Printing with
Chromebook requires going to the "cloud" and back down again which I
thought was downright silly as well as being a security risk. I
couldn't get any of the several Linux distros to play nicely with either
of my 3 printers. I finally concluded that a truly dumb Windows machine
was the best and simplest solution.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/9/2015 3:54 PM, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
Consensus seem to be let Windoze / MS security Essentials or Defender take care
of security. I do not intend to knowingly visit dodgy sites or put financial
info on the tablet but it is a jungle out there.
Thanks to all who have given advice.
Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK
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