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<blockquote data-quote="509322" data-source="post: 769064">Yeah, the whole reaction to the CCleaner &quot;compromise&quot; was a joke.I remember many years ago... in the XP days. Tzuk just came out with Sandboxie. I remember putting so many security apps on my systems I couldn&#039;t keep it alive for more than a day or two. Always clean installing XP and starting over again. That&#039;s back in the day when Windows CDs were shipped with a PC.So, I DO know what I&#039;m talking about when I discuss paranoia. At one time, everything I did online was fear-driven because I just didn&#039;t know. My natural reaction was to create - or at least I thought I could - create the impenetrable PC fortress.There are always those that get upset when I make these paranoia threads. Well that&#039;s just too bad. It is important to bring light to the darkness... to expose the darkness for what it is - which is mostly superstitition and fear of a non-existent boogeyman.Unfortunately, for a lot of people, Windows PCs and IT security are the fabled Baba Yaga and they behave accordingly. And unfortunately, there are those with a vested interest in promoting the Baba Yaga myth.The worst group are the privacy Nazis. They needlessly spread fear.Nowadays, I treat Windows security like mowing the grass... it is just something I do that has some useful purpose, but technically isn&#039;t a necessity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="509322, post: 769064"] Yeah, the whole reaction to the CCleaner "compromise" was a joke. I remember many years ago... in the XP days. Tzuk just came out with Sandboxie. I remember putting so many security apps on my systems I couldn't keep it alive for more than a day or two. Always clean installing XP and starting over again. That's back in the day when Windows CDs were shipped with a PC. So, I DO know what I'm talking about when I discuss paranoia. At one time, everything I did online was fear-driven because I just didn't know. My natural reaction was to create - or at least I thought I could - create the impenetrable PC fortress. There are always those that get upset when I make these paranoia threads. Well that's just too bad. It is important to bring light to the darkness... to expose the darkness for what it is - which is mostly superstitition and fear of a non-existent boogeyman. Unfortunately, for a lot of people, Windows PCs and IT security are the fabled Baba Yaga and they behave accordingly. And unfortunately, there are those with a vested interest in promoting the Baba Yaga myth. The worst group are the privacy Nazis. They needlessly spread fear. Nowadays, I treat Windows security like mowing the grass... it is just something I do that has some useful purpose, but technically isn't a necessity. [/QUOTE]

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