Day in the life of the family sysadmin
The link you SHOULD click is green. The evil link is in RED.
"Hey, ouij," says my dad, "I need a new antivirus program. Which one should I buy?"
"Oh just get ClamAV. It's free, and very good."
"ClamAV, huh. OK, I'll check it out."
Well, as you can see above, Dad goofed. Big time. Instead of downloading the proper ClamWin program, he clicked on a sponsored link--thanks Google overlords--and then installed not one, but TWO crapware packages masquerading as antivirus programs. The irony would be exquisite if it weren't for the consequences: his Windows install was hosed.
We moved Dad to a Linux machine for the afternoon while I busied myself with his Windows box. Thankfully we had a "recovery image," and thus didn't have to go through the special hell that is a bare OS install. Once I got everything up and running, I was able to set put Clamwin on , no problem. Dad is now chastened. I am trying to sell him on the idea of booting Linux and running his windows apps in Crossover Office...which would make life a lot easier for me as family sysad. But that's not really likely to happen. At least now Dad should be more circumspect about his downloading, and will remember Linux as--yet again!--the thing that allowed him to keep working when Windows failed him.