Per Eddie1261,
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Everybody with a connected computer needs to learn that "know what I am doing" part.



I do know the difference. I still do snarky stuff sometimes, but I have a PC for the purpose, which allows me to be brave and stupid. Doesn't matter if I have to wipe the hard drive and start over.

Now, on the theory that someone will just have to touch the paint in spite of the sign that says not to, I enjoin you NEVER to go to 2600.com using a PC that means anything to you. It's a cracker site (what people really mean when they say "hacker"). The one time I did in the late 1990s I had to pull the power cord to stop the destruction. I could see system files being erased from Windows Explorer as I watched . . . I'm still pretty brave, just not that stupid. I think.

In the early days I would have kissed Peter Norton on the mouth. Their pitch was that they gave you the control that Microsoft didn't--like the ability to recover files. It was with regret that I watched the control being taken away and the program become the bloatware that has been described.

To come back to the topic, I use Avast on my laptop and MSE on my DAW. As far as I can tell the latter is utterly transparent.

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."