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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 778447" data-attributes="member: 71262">Just who is the &quot;average&quot; user? This is the problem. I have a casual friend who has McAphee through Staples (she must have paid the really over-inflated price!). She bit on the MS Tech Support scam - hook, line and sinker. Doesn&#039;t have a clue! So, did a paid full security suite save her? NO. Staples service saved her - at a premium price!&nbsp; I have a brother in law who is no computer geek, but is smart (He successfully owned and operated a 1 man machine shop for years.) He slapped Avast Free and MBAM Free on his machine and he and his wife have never had a problem. So, who is the average user?I know a lot people who use the Avast/MBAM combo, but some of them have been advised to use this combo. I also know people who use Sophos Free (not highly regarded by some here on MT!) and no infections. So, most smart people who are not geeks may prefer 3rd party AVs but this does not preclude smart non-geek users from using WD and staying completely secure. No matter what the facts are about WD and MS, most infections are user-dependent. We even might say many smart non-geeks see and rely a lot of reviews for Avast. So we are back to the question: Is the &quot;average user&quot; the smart, non-geek person or the completely clue-less, ignorant person?My point is that the smart non-geek may simply not be aware that WD is available and/or improved over the years because they&#039;ve been deluged with Avast/PC Mag marketing and, more importantly, that there is no &quot;average user&quot;. For the truly ignorant there may be no solution at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 778447, member: 71262"] Just who is the "average" user? This is the problem. I have a casual friend who has McAphee through Staples (she must have paid the really over-inflated price!). She bit on the MS Tech Support scam - hook, line and sinker. Doesn't have a clue! So, did a paid full security suite save her? NO. Staples service saved her - at a premium price! I have a brother in law who is no computer geek, but is smart (He successfully owned and operated a 1 man machine shop for years.) He slapped Avast Free and MBAM Free on his machine and he and his wife have never had a problem. So, who is the average user? I know a lot people who use the Avast/MBAM combo, but some of them [B][I]have been advised to use this combo[/I][/B]. I also know people who use Sophos Free (not highly regarded by some here on MT!) and no infections. So, most smart people who are not geeks [I][B]may[/B][/I] prefer 3rd party AVs but this does not preclude smart non-geek users from using WD and staying completely secure. No matter what the facts are about WD and MS, most infections are user-dependent. We even might say many smart non-geeks see and rely a lot of reviews for Avast. So we are back to the question: Is the "average user" the smart, non-geek person or the completely clue-less, ignorant person? My point is that the smart non-geek may simply not be aware that WD is available and/or improved over the years because they've been deluged with Avast/PC Mag marketing and, more importantly, that there is no "average user". For the truly ignorant there may be no solution at all. [/QUOTE]

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