From: maxe@who.cares.com

I've had it with the pricing and constant intrusion of the newer 
AV products.  They've become as bad as the old style firewalls that
were always blocking something or asking questions about every
keystroke.  I'm thinking of not having any of them on my computer.
I'm also thinking that if something goes south with my box because
of some malware or other that Acronis True Image will save me by
allowing me to load a previous healthy image of my C:

My question is about what are my chances of acquiring a virus or
some other malware that would lock up my box so that even my Acronis
Rescue Disk could not load?  Yes, I know such bad stuff is most
probably out there, but what are my chances of getting stuck with
such a vicious piece of malware?  I operate rather safely.  I
haven't had a virus warning for quite a few years from the AV
programs I've been using.
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