John W. wrote:
> Kevin Wayne Williams <nihongo@paxonet.kom> wrote in message news:<zgHeb.869$3b7.325@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>...
> 
>>I have a pen-pal in Kawanishi (northeast of Kobe) that is reluctant to
>>install any anti-virus software or security patches onto her machine
>>because she is not computer literate, and is scared of breaking things.
>>That means she is running Outlook Express and Internet Explorer
>>unpatched and hooked to a DSL line. I helped her get bugbear uninstalled
>>through e-mail, but can't get her to install any more protections (even
>>though she wants to). Can anyone recommend a computer shop in the area
>>that could make a house call and get her up and running on Netscape with
>>an anti-virus package installed?
>>
> 
> So... she can email and otherwise work a computer, but can't go to
> Norton or McAfee and download some antivirus software? I think she
> should sell her computer.

You seriously haven't met such people? Someone showed her what buttons 
to push to get on-line, and how to send a new message and how to reply 
to one she has received. That is the extent of her knowledge. My mother 
is the same way, and I am not going to advocate taking her computer away 
from her, either.

KWW