Ask Slashdot: How Would You Secure Your Parents' PC?

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 15, 2013 @04:44AM from the what's-the-late-2013-version? dept.

New submitter StirlingArcher writes "I've always built/maintained my parents' PC's, but as Mum has got older her PC seems to develop problems more readily. I would love to switch her to Linux, but she struggles with change and wants to stay with Vista and MS Office. I've done the usual remove Admin rights, use a credible Internet Security package. Is there anything more dramatic that I could do, without changing the way she uses her PC or enforcing a new OS on her again? One idea was to use a Linux OS and then run Vista in a VM, which auto-boots and creates a backup image every so often. Thanks for any help!"

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Re:They're dead by morari · 2013-12-15 04:59 · Score: 4, Funny

Bruce Wayne, is that you?

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Re:Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-15 05:03 · Score: 5, Funny

"Is this how sons-in-law say 'F- You' these days?"
"Must be!"
"Don't call him ever again."
Re:Is it as bad a Symantec? by Curunir_wolf · 2013-12-15 05:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Is it as bad a Symantec?
No. In fact, I can't really think of anything that is. Maybe there are a few viruses that are as bad.

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