> Do any of you out there know people who always seem to have infested 
> computers? Can you spot a pattern of (mis)use which may be valuable to 
> help these people keep their computers healthy?

I have a friend who is exactly like this, I had fixed some software issues 
on his computer a number of times, then finally a stick of RAM went bad and 
I built him a new PC with a fresh installation of XP.  Within a few weeks he 
called me up to go and take a look because it wasn't working.  What he had 
done was incredible, not only had he downloaded and installed almost every 
piece of anti-virus/spyware/malware software in existence, he had installed 
all sorts of dodgy software when prompted with "Your computer seems to have 
a virus, install XXXXX to fix it".  The result was a huge mess, I have no 
idea whether he actually had a virus or not, but it wouldn't have made any 
difference.  I fixed it for him by just reinstalling XP, installed ONE AV 
software and told him that it would catch absolutely everything so no need 
to install any other anti-whatever software.  Haven't heard from him since!

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