Although I use a computer since 2001 I had not experienced directly the existence of viruses, and also I was feeling that a default installation of the OS could give an almost secure environment. This was because since May 2003 I was using always and everywhere a GNU/linux based OS and because in the first two years, when I used Windows ME (shipped with the computer), I hadn’t an Internet connection (at that time there were only dial-up, and it was too slow and too expensive), there weren’t usb memory stick and cd-burner were really really expensive, so although my OS could be vulnerable there were no vehicles of transmission. (more…)
