Almost all popular, complex software is insecure in the sense that there are holes that can be exploited...if not today, maybe tomorrow. When something like Secunia finds a vulnerability, it may be a false positive or it may be totally trivial. You can spend a lot of time trying to chase down stuff like this in the futile quest to make your computer 100% secure. Keep your antivirus up-to-date, run Malwarebytes and SuperAntispyware every week or two, and go back to enjoying your computer. The only way to have a relatively secure computer is to have it turned off, disconnected from any power source, locked in a vault, and never used. Just my 2 cents....

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Welcome! And good for you, it's the first step that seems to be the hardest for me too. And, your timing is good, in the sense that I've been thinking all weekend how what I REALLY want to do is simplify the holiday decorating around my house as well. This past summer, when I had to declutter a lot of stuff for the work we did on our house, it ended up feeling so much more serene and pleasant when I didn't put it all back. And now, I'm looking at the variety of holiday candles, and bric-a-brac, and things sort of scattered around and thinking "hmmm, wouldn't a (very) few simple holiday theme objects carefully placed look better and feel more peaceful?" I started this weekend, actually. I actually made a Martha/Pottery Barn style coffee table holiday centerpiece: took a large basket, spray painted it white and filled it with an assortment of (Target-the godsend again) glass balls, in white and silver and clear. It looks soooo pretty and simple. So now I am itching to clear the top of the foyer table and put one beautiful Christmas item on top (not 4 or 5 random holiday theme items). And the top of the tv cabinet. And so on... So, maybe you can use this new initiative to winnow your holiday items *before* you haul out everything. You can start with the idea of a serene and calm holiday home, and go from there. Ann

"This is the time we should spend money to help our economy if we possibly can. That's why recently I've gone into my savings and done a few long-wanted improvements around here." Especially if you spend the money to HIRE PEOPLE instead of just buying more stuff (especially imported stuff from the TJMaxxes and Targets people race to when they don't have much cash). Put people to work! That was part of our big outside project last year - DH had gotten a bonus at work, and we got a good tax refund, and we felt like we could afford to dip into our savings a little bit, so we dumped a chunk of our cash into the pockets of local workers. If you can afford to do so, it's even more important to do so now since things are worse now for a LOT of people than they were last year. This year, though... no decorating and some of the "socks and underwear projects" (phrase stolen from the Old House Forum, meaning the necessary and boring stuff that no one is really going to see but that just has to be done) will be put off for another year. No bonus this year, very little tax refund, have been helping support family members in worse shape, we're taking a really hard hit on the medical-bills front this year and have just discovered that DH's car is highly unlikely to last to autumn which means coming up with a down payment and rearranging the budget to fit in car payments. Although DH works for an extremely stable company and we know his job is safe (in fact they're finally hiring another person for his department) I won't risk the savings we have left for anything as, well, downright petty as decorating. It's been months since I've looked at eBay or Craigslist, and I used to be a major addict! Ah well, I just decorate in my head.