[LarryW]

Opinions please.

I have a reconditioned laptop in reserve (cost $200) along with a detachable hard drive. I backup to the detachable and if I'm bombed expect to suffer only the loss of most recent info. Then would reinvent myself using the reconditioned laptop with detachable hard drive data. Contaminated machine would then be sent to the re-conditioner for wipe and scrub if possible and then become my new "spare".

JMHO re: attachments; be aware of all attachments, even from persons you know as reliable, since their accounts may have been hijacked. If the attachment appears out of context for the sender delete the message and empty the trashcan, or contact the sender back channel and verify they sent it. The old "trust but verify".

Nothing works all the time.