Jan 30 2009

Cybersitting

“Tough on threats. Easy on you.” That’s the strapline for AVG Antivirus and Security Software. Scary name for a company though, isn’t it? Sounds military, which may be why they add the “Easy on you” to the strapline as an afterthought.

I was a fool. I thought the “Easy on you” might mean that the software was easy to use. It seems I never learn. Let me explain. When I switched on my computer this morning a dialogue box kept warning me that I was “not protected” against “online threats”.

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