The “Kids can’t use Computers” thread posted yesterday hit home today as my stepson brought me his iPhone because it wouldn’t charge, only to find out that his Chrome Book’s CPU was running 73% loaded with only one application running (steam…no games). So far at approximately 10-15% scanned Microsoft Safety Scanner has already found 2 infected files on his HD.
Ugh…
Yeah, I remember downloading what I wanted from Limewire back in the day. I think it’s less ‘kids these days’ and more ‘kids in general’. You have to be suspicious/cautious with these things. Kids are in the perfect intersection of no money and (often) no smarts.
I would reformat my pc monthly as a kid. Only had a 40gb drive so all my files could be backed up to a few DVDs. Probably dumb but I learned a lot being young and making mistakes knowing I have my cracked xp disc ready.