Me: it's Sunday evening, it's time to relax!
*Record screech*
Narrator: And that's when my son decided to virus up his computer.
Discussion
Why is it your job to fix it? π
He wants to fix it himself, but I'm involved because I want to make sure it's done correctly and not have a security hole on my network.
Never happens on a Mac ..
Medium. No one wants to target small amounts of users. You target the largest audience to get the most hits.
Good enough for me.
I can't figure out Mac OS. I think it's hard π€£ Linux is my #1 choice though.
I think Windows is so much harder (and uglier). But Iβve been using Macs since the 80βs, soβ¦
I used an Apple IIe on third grade. It was awful π€£ Haven't used a Mac for more than 10 minutes since.
Strange. Super easy to me. I go on my windows pc and itβs hard to do the basic of things even after being exposed to them for many years
It's because it's what we're used to. I have used a Mac a whole entire 10 minutes my whole life. And those 10 minutes I could not figure out how to do anything. How to search. How to open apps. How to print. How to connect to WiFi. It's all so incredibly hard π€£
Too much NIP research
Haha. Roblox hacks or similar more likely.
times r changing
I don't think he can even look at porn websites. I have shit locked down. It would take a lot of work. Though, I have seen him eyeing up a few notes on Nostr before.
A good lesson. If itβs his computer, reinstall the OS and be back up and running in 30 minutes. I donβt store much on mine anymore. Everything is on the cloud. Easy reset.
I always got one virus at least once a year when I used windows. The problem users always end up downloading or torrenting some sort of windows software and that's where they usually end up getting a virus from. Since the majority of internet users use windows. It is targeted all the time.
After I changed to Linux I never got them. Since only a tiny minority of users use Linux. It's not targeted by hackers often and most simple things you can do via the terminal on Linux.
Gaming is the only issue. I have a second computer strictly for gaming that uses windows. I only use it for gaming and I have a KVM switch installation to easily switch.
I heard gaming is better on Linux these days but I've never tried it.
I have never gotten a virus on any of my computers since I use this setup. Wish I'l would of done that earlier.
I've never had a virus π¬
Do you have a Medicat USB? I'm guessing he's running Windows 10 or 11. Have you considered moving him to either a Chromebook or a Linux PC?