Make sure your security utility is up to date. If you’re not getting an automatic update every week (that’s how often Norton resets their virus definition) or so, then you or DH are behind the times. I highly suspect that THAT is why his laptop spends so much time in the shop.

Invest in a quality security utility for each platform and USE IT. No doubt the shop he goes to can recommend a good one for his situation. Scan the computer yourself on a regular basis if you haven’t set the utility to do so automatically. Because *that* platform is so widespread, naturally hackers are drawn to it like flies to … something. They get a bigger effect/disruption for their effort than they would by writing junk for Macs; we evidently aren’t worth the effort to most of them.

But we are to some of them, so don’t get complacent: get a software utility.

It would be really upsetting to have nice designs and what-ifs stored away, and some good chat with friends, and WHAM! hard disc fries because of an invader.

Safe computing, fellow quilters. It’s as good for you as safe fabric cutting. (You know: shut the blade when you put the cutter down. Don’t cut with the cutter when you’re not feeling well / have had a drink / have had meds which interfere with your coordination and/or depth perception.)

Whatever we have, we love and stand behind for the most part but there’s no need to say unkind things about brands that are personally don’t like.

As far as having a crash when installing EQ . . I doubt it was EQ that caused the problem.