Ed,
I use the Free versions of Antivirus, Malware Dectectors, Mailwasher.
You already know I'm a cheap LID.
Others here probably know that too.
Well, ham radio operators are "frugal cheapskates", and there's not
a thing wrong with that. Several years ago, there was a DC to Daylight
rig at Hamvention for $20,000!! Now, I could outfit a nice shack (or
buy a nice car) for that; but for one rig, to me that's overkill.
"My thoughts" about doing that is that Mailwasher Free just tells the Webmail Server only to DELETE the Email instead of letting the Webmail Server MARK that one as SPAM and send it to the Email Accounts SPAM
BOX, so the Webmail Server CAN REMEMBER what i think it should do to
the message so Mailwasher won't even see it.
I don't remember the features of it...but it was lifetime registration,
as I recall.
I don't use the computer for any bsnking, If I want to buy something I
see advertised by a Companies internet page, I will call their toll
free number to see if they will accept my personal check for the item
and then send what I ordered when the check has cleared. Works for me.
I don't do any transactions on the phone app...mainly for checking the balance, and updating the checkbook.
I hope You never get BIT doing that.
I was the victim of identity theft years ago, at a hamfest. They did reimburse the money, but it was a pain to fix. Then, in late 2009, I
ended up filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy. I'm long since discharged from
that, but with what little I get on disability, that's not enough to
have a credit card.
Don't get me started about those greedy [idiots] in Washington, DC,
who lament "they can't survive on $200,000+ a year"...they don't have
a clue.
I also ran DOS 5.0 and used QEMM.
Years later I was at a Salvation Army Thrift Store and bought a CD that had IBM DOS 7 on it.
Wow. I'm going to get a bunch of shareware files from Sean, KS4TD, soon.
I made a donation to his BBS, and he's burning a bunch of CD's/DVD's to
send to me.
I didn't remove MS DOS 5.0, I figured if I entered a Command, that IBM
DOS 7 would use its version of the Command and if still wanted to use DOSSHELL or another Command that wasn't in IBM's DOS 7 that I could do that since the DOS 5.0 files still were on the pc.
The only reason I upgraded to Windows 10 (32-bit on the BBS computer,
which is now on what was my late Mom's computer, 64-bit on the Lenovo
laptop, where I do my ham radio nets, square dancing, and BBS related
items), was for the security issues and updates. Otherwise, I was happy
with Windows XP and then 7...I never did use Vista or 8.
Daryl, WX4QZ
... Windows Vista7Up Virus: Renders 16-bit programs useless.
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